Synonym: deaf, deafen, indifferent. Similar words: leaf, quite a few, take after, make a face, be afraid to, be afraid of, one after another, idea. Meaning: [def] 
n. people who have severe hearing impairments. v. make or render deaf. adj. 1. lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part 2. (usually followed by `to') unwilling or refusing to pay heed.
n. people who have severe hearing impairments. v. make or render deaf. adj. 1. lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part 2. (usually followed by `to') unwilling or refusing to pay heed. 
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61 Not all deaf people use sign language.
62 All her appeals for help fell on deaf ears.
63 A deaf person can't hear.
64 The school was founded with the express purpose of teaching deaf children.
65 The teacher turned a deaf ear to the boy's swearing .
66 Speech degeneration often occurs in children who become deaf after acquiring language.
67 She spoke loudly because her mother was a little deaf.
68 The school was founded with the express purpose of teaching deaf children to speak.
69 He was a very unusual musician inasmuch as he was totally deaf.
70 He devoted his life to the education of deaf children.
71 Her father's going senile/blind/deaf.
72 She rammed up her ears and was deaf to all advice.
73 Her teachers said she was a slow learner, whereas in actual fact she was partially deaf.
74 It is wrong to turn a deaf ear to other's criticism.
75 I hope that our appeals will not fall on deaf ears.
76 Many of the TV programmes are broadcast with subtitles for the deaf.
77 Can't you find a way of turning a deaf ear to her endless complaints?
78 He eventually went deaf.
79 Being deaf hasn't stopped Karen fulfilling her ambition to be a hairdresser.
80 But the authorities turned a deaf ear to their demands.
81 If you turn a deaf ear to my warnings, you'll land in trouble.
82 In the past they've tended to turn a deaf ear to such requests.
83 The partly deaf man inclined forward to hear the conversation more clearly.
84 Standing next to the machine all day left her deaf in one ear.
85 Deaf people do not want to be seen as objects of pity.
86 Their complaints about the poor service fell on deaf ears .
87 I was nobbled by my deaf old aunt and couldn't get away.
88 The local council has remained deaf to all the objections to its proposals.
88 Sentencedict.com try its best to gather and build good sentences.
89 He turned a deaf ear to my request for help.
90 However does he manage to write music when he is so deaf?
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