How to Use deaf in a Sentence

deaf

adjective

• He has been deaf since birth.
• He's going a little deaf so you'll have to speak up.
• She's completely deaf in her right ear.
• Kurs said theater is a natural venue for people who are deaf.
  — Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 Mar. 2022
• Catherine’s husband has also been unable to hear her, deaf to anything but the gonging of his own jealous rage.
  — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
• His best friend is deaf, and an aunt is an American Sign Language interpreter.
  — Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2022
• The film has been seen as a watershed moment for the deaf community in Hollywood.
  — Jake Coyle, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Feb. 2022
• And while the glamour of the runway has been flagged by some on social media as being tone deaf, many big fashion houses are taking action with monetary support and on-the-ground aid for refugees.
  — Brittany Talarico, PEOPLE.com, 7 Mar. 2022
• One ad campaign featured a 10-year-old girl named Kim who had become partially deaf and mentally impaired after a measles infection.
  — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2022
• At its heart is the story of Durastanti’s charismatic parents, both deaf, who came to America from Italy only to return.
  — The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2022
• Kotsur, best supporting actor in a film, became the first deaf actor to ever win an individual SAG award.
  — Jake Coyle, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Feb. 2022
• And many of these deaf kids didn’t have a TV at that time.
  — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 June 2023
• But her support, and that of much of the crowd, fell on deaf cat ears.
  — John Archibald | [e-mail], al, 16 Dec. 2022
• At least four of those killed were deaf, loved ones have said.
  — Josh Feldman, NBC News, 29 Oct. 2023
• On Thursday, the deaf actor was awarded the keys to the city of Mesa.
  — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 15 Aug. 2022
• Payne knows that lessons to a losing team can fall on deaf ears.
  — Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal, 29 Nov. 2022
• Those boys couldn't sneak up on a blind and deaf man while a band was playing.
  — CBS News, 17 Mar. 2024
• It’s the first film with a largely deaf cast to win best picture.
  — Jake Coyle, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Mar. 2022
• The sale and the name change is kind of falling on deaf ears, there are still people who don’t get it.
  — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 15 Dec. 2022
• Now deaf actors wait to see what the future will bring.
  — Bob Verini, Variety, 17 Mar. 2022
• Pleas for tougher gun laws have been falling on deaf ears.
  — Quartz, 22 Oct. 2022
• That will make the film accessible to the deaf and hard of hearing.
  — Brent Lang, Variety, 30 Mar. 2022
• In it, a deaf writer who lives out in the woods alone has to fight for her life when a killer shows up out of nowhere.
  — Alesandra Dubin, Good Housekeeping, 20 July 2022
• The kids were unimpressed, and my efforts to rein in feature creep fell on deaf ears.
  — Simon Hill, WIRED, 28 Dec. 2022
• Her parents, Wolf and Esther, would be deaf mutes working in the field.
  — Nick Watt, CNN, 22 Oct. 2023
• Hamm's cop is on the case that involves moldy fast food, a deaf hitman and a bunch of dim bulbs not good at crimes.
  — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 15 June 2023
• That blast destroyed her restaurant and left her deaf in her right ear.
  — NBC News, 11 Oct. 2024
• And Troy Kotsur, the first deaf male actor to win an Oscar.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 28 Mar. 2022
• The letter informed her that the school had a contract with the District to serve White deaf children.
  — Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2023
• She could be heard in the video telling the officers that her husband is deaf and has cerebral palsy.
  — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 19 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024