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The nation was awakened by that deafening shot. -- Corazon Aquino
It is the still, small voice that the soul heeds, not the deafening blasts of doom. -- William Dean Howells
It's time for women to make their voices heard. Their silence on the subject of war and peace is deafening. -- Helen Thomas
Must whales and dolphins be subjected to deafening noise that will cause more than 3.5 million instances of temporary and/or permanent hearing loss? For species that depend on hearing for survival - to find food, migrate, and communicate - any hearing loss could be catastrophic. As one scientist noted, a deaf whale is a dead whale. -- Pierce Brosnan
I'll co-host 'TODAY' from Los Angeles Saturday morning and then make my way up to Merced for that evening's graduation ceremony. I'm still touching up my remarks, but my challenge to the Class of 2010 will be to break through the deafening and too often negative echo chamber of the digital era and become critical and independent thinkers. -- Lester Holt
Our silence is deafening and deadly. -- James Brown
The thunder of false modesty was deafening. -- Sebastian Faulks
If you listen closely, silence can be deafening. -- Truth Devour
The truth is deafening, no matter how softly it is spoken. -- Barry Humphries
What emerges from the silence is the deafening sound of an old world disintegrating. -- Marianne Williamson
I hate holidays because it's the quietest; it's the most deafening sound in my apartment. -- Questlove
You almost wish you could turn off the COMM and just appreciate the deafening quiet. -- Rusty Schweickart
When a woman who has much to say says nothing, her silence can be deafening. -- Margaret Landon
A great silence is spreading over the natural world even as the sound of man is becoming deafening, -- Bernie Krause
If everyone who wants to see an end to poverty, hunger and suffering speaks out, then the noise will be deafening. -- Desmond Tutu
My heart pounded against my chest, competing with the deafening absence of sound in the air. I'd never known silence like this. -- Tracy Lane
The intoxication of the faro drinker only shows itself at first by an increase in noise which is only deafening, and finally by a silent deterioration of the mind. -- Gerard De Nerval
The time has passed for our sensations in painting to be whispered. We wish them in the future to sing and re-echo upon our canvasses in deafening and triumphant flourishes. -- Umberto Boccioni
As Christians try to force prayer into public schools, they often settle for a 'moment of silence.' But that supposedly innocuous 'moment of silence' is a deafening roar to a nonbeliever. -- Judith Hayes
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 positively deafening. -- James M. Barrie
Since, during storms, flames leap from the humid vapors and dark clouds emit deafening noises, is it surprising the lightning, when it strikes the ground, gives rise to truffles, which do not resemble plants? -- Plutarch
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. -- Kristina McMorris

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