Deadening
['dɛdnɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deaden
Editor: Ronda
Examples
- She was rarely alone, he pressed upon her like a frost, deadening her. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- In many ways we are more defenceless against these deadening habits than the people of Europe. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- It had been serviceable in deadening the first shock, without retaining any influence to alarm. Jane Austen. Emma.
- He and she together, Hermione and Birkin, were people of the same old tradition, the same withered deadening culture. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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