Sentence examples for be deadened from inspiring English sources
verb
To render less lively; to diminish; to muffle.
Hallyday is wolfish, weathered and sullen, his eyes of a blue that could either be deadened or dangerous.
Anthony Lane praised "the performance of Noomi Rapace as Lisbeth Salander, our hero's gothic sidekick," adding that "in her crow-black garb, together with her inked and studded flesh, she cuts a defiant figure in the wintry landscape, refusing to be deadened by the gloom".
Robin Miller lives in fear that EMAP's rebellious spirit will be deadened.
Therefore, auditory waves are reflected by the surface of the sample, which is not permeable, and cannot penetrate the material to be deadened.
And Boomerang does a remarkable job focusing in on a condensed moment of humor or beauty that could be deadened by a photo but lost in a video.
In one of the papers presented, there was the view that to be deadened from the inside can mean to lack empathy for the self or for other people.
Such skill can often be deadening.
Strangely, I don't find this thought to be deadening.
The rules of pointillism could be deadening, provoking bouts of stiffness in even the great Seurat.
Romance is captivating, but the monotony of busy lives can be deadening.
In a less inventive author's hands, that might be deadening.
