How do you use Deaf in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like unheeding or thoughtless, plus the exact meaning.
Deaf in a sentence
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Deaf meaning
- Unable (or partially able) to hear.
- Unwilling to listen or be persuaded; determinedly inattentive.
- Of or relating to the community of deaf people.
Synonyms of Deaf
Using Deaf
- The main meaning on this page is: Unable (or partially able) to hear. | Unwilling to listen or be persuaded; determinedly inattentive. | Of or relating to the community of deaf people.
- Useful related words include: deaf-and-dumb, unheeding, thoughtless, heedless.
- In the example corpus, deaf often appears in combinations such as: the deaf, deaf ears, on deaf.
Context around Deaf
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 12 start, 7 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Deaf
- In this selection, "deaf" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 27.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, community, ears, society, parents, culture and children stand out and add context to how "deaf" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include all other deaf children in and and the deaf experience with. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "deaf" sits close to words such as cups, freight and merchants, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with deaf
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Mostly deaf is slightly not deaf. (6 words)
Washington School for Deaf at Oregon School for Deaf, 2 p.m. (12 words)
The problem of saying her words fall on deaf ears: deaf people don’t choose to be deaf. (18 words)
Joseph Watson was trained as a teacher of the Deaf under Thomas Braidwood and he eventually left in 1792 to become the headmaster of the first public school for the Deaf in Britain, the London Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb in Bermondsey. (43 words)
As the sole care facility for deaf people in the area, and the only care home registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) specifically for deaf people, Easthill plays a crucial role in providing specialised care and support to its deaf residents. (42 words)
Deaf children who have deaf parents that communicate in sign language perform better than all other deaf children in academic achievement and acquisition of the majority language regardless of the manner in which the children adapted to deafness. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
It follows that a deaf parent will have an easier experiences raising a deaf child since deaf parents have an intimate understanding of the deaf state of being.
As the sole care facility for deaf people in the area, and the only care home registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) specifically for deaf people, Easthill plays a crucial role in providing specialised care and support to its deaf residents.
The academy says the project will tie in with its bicentennial celebrations in 2026 and will have an emphasis on celebrating the deaf community, deaf culture and deaf identity.
The problem of saying her words fall on deaf ears: deaf people don’t choose to be deaf.
Deaf children who have deaf parents that communicate in sign language perform better than all other deaf children in academic achievement and acquisition of the majority language regardless of the manner in which the children adapted to deafness.
In society Deaf communities and deaf culture Deaf communities are very widespread in the world, and the cultures within them are very rich.
Joseph Watson was trained as a teacher of the Deaf under Thomas Braidwood and he eventually left in 1792 to become the headmaster of the first public school for the Deaf in Britain, the London Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb in Bermondsey.
This is in contrast to hearing children who grow up with Deaf parents, who generally acquire the full sign language natively, the same as Deaf children of Deaf parents.
As temple president, I soon became aware of the Jewish Deaf Congress, a national resource center, rooted in Judaism and the deaf experience, with the goal of life-long Jewish learning and discovery.
Chloe says it would be wonderful for sporting clubs to include deaf awareness training through Deaf Sports Australia, which has resources.
He solicited feedback from members of the deaf community, including Mandy Harvey, a deaf singer and songwriter; as well as Mr. Zimmerman, the composer; and the sign language interpreter Amber Galloway.
The England squad which featured former Posh Deaf player were knocked out of the European Deaf Championships at the quarter final stage by hosts Turkey.
I had a deaf creative consultant on the set, Jeremy Stone, and he started telling the deaf actors things that needed to be truer or better than what the script said.
Many have deaf family members and aim to perpetuate Deaf culture, whether it's by celebrating the arts, following prescribed social behaviors or using signed language as their primary language.
Mostly deaf is slightly not deaf.
Washington School for Deaf at Oregon School for Deaf, 2 p.m.
But growing up in a deaf Catholic family, he never imagined he would be a priest, let alone one who evangelizes within and outside of deaf culture.
Hearing pupil Grazyna Branicka and Merisa Reinholde, a deaf pupil, said/signed: “Pupils learning to sign at Claypotts, Craigie and Braeview is important because it means deaf pupils are being included.
Ridloff, who is deaf, graduated from in 1991 from the school, which at that time was called Holy Trinity School for the Deaf.
The Mediwell Care Foundation invited deaf children from the Filadelfia Secondary School Hearing Eyes Choir to the centre to perform in sign language in the celebration of the deaf community along with other special guest speakers.
Common combinations with deaf
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the deaf 42×
- deaf ears 37×
- on deaf 34×
- deaf and 28×
- deaf people 17×
- for deaf 16×
- deaf community 16×
- deaf children 10×
- tone deaf 8×
- of deaf 7×