Justice can readily do her job blindfolded; she cannot function gagged and deafened, least of all when the means of gagging and deafening her are not remarked.
The nation was awakened by that deafening shot.
Sometimes the sound of silence is the most deafening sound of all.
If you listen closely, silence can be deafening.
What do you do when the alienating silence deafens your 'bootless cries'?
Slogans which deafened us so that we could not hear the truth.
Moral certainty can deafen people to any truth other than their own.
The most deafening sound in all creation, is the sound of absolute silence.
Pride deafens us to the advice or warnings of those around us.
It's time for women to make their voices heard. Their silence on the subject of war and peace is deafening.
you’re ignoring me so loud that it’s deafening. This silence is so deep that it’s echoing.
This life is a deafening roar but listen. You could hear a pin drop.
When a woman who has much to say says nothing, her silence can be deafening.
It is the still, small voice that the soul heeds, not the deafening blasts of doom.
It is a sad thing to become so blinded and deafened by pride that you are no longer concerned about whether or not God is pleased with your actions.
Listen to that little voice inside you. Sometimes it can whisper meaningful words of wisdom and make more sense than the deafening noise of opinions and judgements outside.
Yet there in the library, Hamish and I climbed the bright ladder of the body, as if it were sky and we a deafening. twisting flock of birds that could never fall to earth.
We stand a professional distance apart, as if I can’t feel his pain screaming in my head. Mine amplifies his; they share a joint sound—that of glass breaking—until they swell to a crescendo that deafens.
This meal happened to be a make-believe tea, and they sat 'round the board guzzling in their greed; and really, what with their chatter and recriminations, the noise, as Wendy said, was postiviely deafening.
Not every loss was confirmed by an officer at the door. Nor a telegram with the power to sink a fleet. Loss, often the worst kind, also arrived through the deafening quiet of an absence.
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