How to Use the deaf in a Sentence

the deaf

noun

• The sisters were invited to St. Louis to start schools for the deaf in the United States.
  — Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 27 Mar. 2023
• One campus, the Marlton School, which serves the deaf and hard-of-hearing, was damaged by a mudslide.
  — Amudalat Ajasa, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2023
• As the founder of Stanford’s first club for the deaf and hard of hearing, Pritsky would invite speakers to campus.
  — Ramsha Zubairi, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2023
• An honorable mention goes out to the Deaf Mystics of the Galaxies, Mobile’s first krewe for the deaf and deaf-blind.
  — al, 26 Feb. 2023
• And, Leia said, five children in the deaf community do not have fathers anymore.
  — Amelia Nierenberg, New York Times, 29 Oct. 2023
• Seal, 36, had gathered with about 10 other members of the deaf community in Maine to play cornhole at Schemengees.
  — Tom Bell, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2023
• The result was a dialogue of the deaf, with little comprehension of either side by the other.
  — Gideon Rose, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
• Basketball saved Kade West after the deaf, autistic athlete lost his mom.
  — Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2023
• After serving six years in the Army, James Johnson worked at automotive plants, while Barbara taught home economics in a school for the deaf and blind.
  — Brandi Kellam and Louis Hansen, Virginia Center For Investigative Journalism At Whro, Essence, 5 Sep. 2023
• Gomez also works as an American Sign Language interpreter for the deaf.
  — Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2024
• Kendall was the only elementary school for the deaf in the city, but Black deaf students were not allowed to attend and were forced to go to other schools in Pennsylvania and Maryland.
  — Nicole Chavez, CNN, 22 July 2023
• Cindy serves the deaf community as a sign language interpreter.
  — David Begnaud, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2024
• Of course, the Indigenous and the deaf community, both of them are very small and underrepresented.
  — Adam B. Vary, Variety, 10 Jan. 2024
• Her girlfriend, Lola, as well as her parents and numerous friends, are all members of the deaf community.
  — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 6 Oct. 2023
• That was their way of creating language for the deaf community within their province.
  — Kr Liu and Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 13 Feb. 2024
• Billy and Kristina met through mutual friends in the deaf community, Smith told the newspaper.
  — Jeong Park, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2023
• However, according to Matlin, CBS did not show the deaf performers once on television.
  — Katherine Itoh, NBC News, 12 Feb. 2024
• In addition to the four who were killed, two other members of the deaf cornhole team were injured, but survived and have been released from the hospital, according to Richardson and other friends.
  — Amanda Morris, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2023
• This problem is most apparent when the deaf protagonist has to sign her words when communicating with others.
  — David Zimmermann, National Review, 27 Jan. 2024
• Joshua Seal Joshua Seal was another member of the deaf community, according to online tributes.
  — Greg Hanlon, Peoplemag, 27 Oct. 2023
• When John Boyer tried signing up for a service dog training program, staff denied him entry because their instructional materials were made for the blind but not the deaf.
  — Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2023
• This wristband is to show festival staff that the patron plus one companion is eligible to enter the accessible viewing areas or the deaf and hard of hearing areas.
  — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 17 Feb. 2023
• Take, for example, innovations from the deaf community that are widely used today such as closed captioning and the football huddle.
  — USA Today, 19 Mar. 2023
• Schools for the deaf spread throughout the 19th century, but many in the South were segregated, causing sign language to develop differently in Black and white communities, Hill said through an interpreter.
  — USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2024
• The accessibility wristband allows the patron plus one companion to enter the accessible viewing areas or the deaf and hard of hearing areas.
  — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 27 Feb. 2024
• Watch this video examining the deaf, autistic Cerritos College athlete’s journey.
  — Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2023
• The panel also discussed ongoing obstacles faced by the deaf community.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 14 Apr. 2023
• Responding officers found eight people dead at the popular watering hole, four of whom were deaf and had been participating in a cornhole tournament for the deaf community when the gunfire erupted.
  — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 3 May 2024

Last Updated: 6 Nov 2024