Is there any poor soul left in Al-Kyris whose ears have not been deafened by the parrot-cry of the name of Sah-luma?
Theos, half deafened by the horrible uproar, as well as roused to an abnormal pitch of restless excitement, looked round to see how Sah-luma comported himself.
England, which for generations has deafened the world with paeans of praise for her own love of fair play and for her generous humanity, stepped in here and threw the mantle of her protection over these cowardly hangmen.
And the holy prayer of the pilgrim is deafened by the tumult of life.
Foma, somewhat deafened by the loud speech of this tall, frank, red-faced fellow clad in a motley costume.
The noise of the hissing of the steam deafened the pilgrim's words, and Foma saw only the movement of his lips.
He saw a burst of red flame before his eyes, and wasdeafened by a report that seemed to him louder than a clap of thunder.
Why, he has deafened me with an aunt of his until my head aches.
Pierre had to lean over in order to hear her, for since the procession had been streaming by, so near to them, they had been deafened by the sound of the endless canticle, the hymn of Bernadette.
The ear was deafened by the noise of hammers mingled with the dull rumbling of bales being placed upon the rails.
The harpies came and sat in its branches; they deafened us with their shrill cries and cast their excrement over all our food.
And at the same time, his ears, deafened by the continual noises of the sea, heard a feeble sound of voices.
Perhaps you will like better to dance to them in the hall than to be deafened with their harmony without taking part in the exercise they invite us to.
I was on the after bridge, and was positively blinded and deafened by the firing.
I must put on clean clothes, and lay in a stock of wool so as not to be deafened by the firing.
Orders regarding the work he seemed to understand at once, but other matters fell on deafened ears.
He could not even face it, the impetus stunned, blinded, and deafened him.
While the babel withoutdeafened and distracted them.
Mary quailed, deafened by the thunder of the fire, with the walls of the room turning blood-red round her, and the smoke beginning to drift before the window.
HE: Well, maybe, but I wasdeafened by your beauty.
But Maxine's bee for starring alone came buzzing by and deafened her to the tinkle of the box office receipts.
When darkness came it found Tyler and his friends in sorry plight, surrounded by enemies, and deafened by the clamour which came from every quarter of the jungle.
Then silence came over the British force, and even the twelve-pounder, which had at intervals deafened all those within reach, and drowned the babel of the enemy, ceased its clamour.
This "composition" was played with so much excitement and force that my ears were deafened and my brain was stupefied.
Years ago, one was almost deafened by the noise of Asreal's hand coming down on the desk.
But above all, I was nearly deafened by the noise that one boy made, a little fellow who was called Hemalle.
Nevertheless, since clearly he was not anywhere about the market-hall, to the inn they all trooped, and deafened the landlady with their inquiries.
They formed a circle around us and beat, and blew, and shouted till we were deafened and stupefied with the noise.
A musketeer was deafenedand stunned by a near-by shell explosion.
It clawed up the wall, and almost leaped into his arms, to be covered with kisses and deafened with promises which were shouted out in the joy of his heart, until Mr. Hirpington began to wonder what had happened.
His ears were deafened by a strange sound, as if hoarsely echoing fog-horns were answering each other from the limestone cliffs, when a cart-load of burly natives crossed their path.
This play went on endlessly, hypnotising the spectators who, beaten by the wind and deafened by sound, stared and stared, safe, at the mysterious and menacing world of spray and foam and darkness.
Then the train appeared, obscure round the curve, and bore down formidable and dark upon them, growing at every instant in stature and in noise until it deafened and seemed to fill the station; and the platform was suddenly in an uproar.
Surprise held them dumb, until Mrs Maitland had reached speaking distance, when, with one accord, they deafened her with inquiries, to which she did her best to reply after the first greetings were over.
Still the people came running, till the whining of their voices almost deafened us; and still they hustled us along, until at last we came to a house larger than any we had passed.
His attentive, deafenedears were for his music alone, and, letting the flute fall from his hands, he turned to look at her with the pathetic, innocent enquiry of a good but uncomprehending child.
Laura, raising her voice a little that it might penetrate his deafened hearing.
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