He took aspirin to deaden the pain. The new insulation will help to deaden the noise from the street outside.
Recent Examples on the WebEven floors can be reflective of soundwaves, so having carpets or rugs in your recording space can help deaden that bounce. Ginni Saraswati, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2022 With each needle drop, Foley’s eyes deaden, as lifeless as the world outside. Mike Postalakis, SPIN, 25 May 2022 The glum surroundings deaden some of the livelier songs and the sheer size of the set, with staircases on either end, means that the cast needs to take a rather long time to enter or exit the stage. Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 14 Apr. 2022 With virtually every swing-and-miss — especially against elevated fastballs — his right forearm appears to deaden, resulting in him dropping the bat.BostonGlobe.com, 12 Oct. 2021 There is plenty of specially designed soundproofing materials that deaden the sounds from coming into the interior of the vehicle. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2021 Andrelton Simmons hadn't realized MLB had tweaked its baseballs ahead of this season, a subtle change intended to deaden the distance by one or two feet on balls hit 375 feet or more. Megan Ryan, Star Tribune, 11 May 2021 But familiarity shouldn't deaden our sense of outrage.Arkansas Online, 27 Mar. 2021 The problem is that policies that directly redistribute income tend to deaden work incentives. Robert Stein, National Review, 15 Nov. 2020 See More