Sentences with phrase «deaf ears made»

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But the tinnitus — ringing in my ears that started years ago because I attended a lot of punk rock gigs in my youth — has gotten worse, making me feel more deaf.

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Every deaf ear is unblocked, every damaged limb is made whole, every blind eye sees.

Instead of looking at a universal definition of the poor as those who have been deprived, stereotyped and discriminated against, they are on a mission to make the cripple to walk; the blind to see forcibly; the deaf to hear by knocking their ears with sledge hammer; the dumb to speak by inserting tube in their esophagus and the list goes.

We might as well expect public schools for the indigent to weaken the standard of private education among the wealthy; or asylums for the deaf and blind, to make Possessors of perfect eyes and ears careless of their safety and indifferent to their preservation; or humanity towards the aged and the suffering to promote idleness and improvidence among the young and healthy... as to imagine that asylums for inebriates will promote and increase drunkenness.

And making demands of Him to do so will fall on deaf ears!

An organization using the term «progressive» in its name or mission statement will fall on deaf ears given the mess that declared and closeted progressives have made of things since the Johnson administration.

Colour's five hues from th» eyes their sight will take; Music's five notes the ears as deaf can make; The flavours five deprive the mouth of taste; The chariot course, and the wild hunting waste Make mad the mind; and objects rare and strange, Sought for, men's conduct will to evil chamake; The flavours five deprive the mouth of taste; The chariot course, and the wild hunting waste Make mad the mind; and objects rare and strange, Sought for, men's conduct will to evil chaMake mad the mind; and objects rare and strange, Sought for, men's conduct will to evil change.

While Leicester's protests fell on deaf ears and replays suggested that it perhaps shouldn't have been given, substitute Harry Kane took no notice, stepped up and made no mistake as he buried his penalty to earn his side a replay.

I only go to the games a few times during the season since I don't live in England, for those who do, we need to defy those damn stewards and raise the temperature at the games, that's the only practical solution I can come up with, we are not the ones who buy the players and all the noise we have made on social media and elsewhere keeps falling on deaf ears, they will not listen to our calls for players, let's go to the games and turn the library upside down as much as we can, we can not give those players a moments rest, we, the fans pay them [gate takings and TV subscriptions], you can't take my money and not give 100 %, Wenger can pamper them, we would not, they don't read much that is being said on social media but they can't ignore our chants at the stadium.

shame on u wneger... even the refs and linesman did all they could to prevent the score line from been disgraceful by turning deaf ears to true penalty calls that could have made the game 9 - 1... shout out to ospina he held his head high enough... as for ozil he wouldn't even smell Bayern's 2nd eleven if going to Bayern is what he has in mind... lastly how can a 32 year old robben do things that even all our wingers out together cant... he totally rendered gibbs useless..

While my efforts to persuade the Board of Selectmen, the town manager, and the Rec Department director to allocate permits in a more equitable fashion, and to use their power to make sure that the programs using town - owned facilities met minimum standards for inclusiveness and safety, fell on deaf ears (we ended up being forced to use for our home games a dusty field the high school had essentially abandoned), I returned to a discussion of the «power of the venue permit» 10 years later in my 2006 book, Home Team Advantage: The Critical Role of Mothers in Youth Sports, where I suggested that one of the best ways for youth sports parents to improve the safety of privately - run sports programs in their communities was to lobby their elected officials to utilize that power to «reform youth sports by exercising public oversight over the use of taxpayer - funded fields, diamonds, tracks, pools, and courts, [and] deny permits to programs that fail to abide by a [youth sports] charter» covering such topics as background checks, and codes of conduct for coaches, players, and parents.

My findings indicate that all entreaties to make the family, now headed and directed by billionaire younger brother, Dr. Deji Adeleke, see the death of the lawmaker as act of God which should not be used to tarnish the image of the government fell on deaf ears.

«And when that argument fell upon deaf ears, I made one last desperate plea to the committee's sense of honor, highlighting the fact that the state Chair had given his word not only to me, but to Ms. Malliotakis....

My royal father Alhaji Ademu Abuh Ejeh of Olamaboro Local Government and Obaje Otalu of Atavaka saw reasons with me and made appeals to the then Executive Governor Alhaji Ibrahim Idris for my reinstatement but all fell on deaf ears.

To make matters worse, stiff necks in successive governments have turned deaf ears to the cry and clamour for police decentralisation.

More often I found that we made points or issued challenges, or tried to spark controversy in one policy area or another, and it has fallen on deaf ears among the broadcasters in a way I've never seen in a previous election.

I have been going deaf since my 20s, and two years ago I was fitted with hearing aids which instantly brought a world of missing sound back to my ears, although it took a little longer for my brain to make sense of it.

«Arguments for vaccination will fall on deaf ears if parents feel unable to make an informed choice»

Pesticides still abound, we're in the midst of a human - made mass extinction and decades of warnings about irreversible climate change appear to have fallen on deaf ears.

But it does make one wonder whether what he preached fell upon more deaf ears than hearing ones.

Nintendo made sure to promote it as a first person adventure, which probably fell on deaf ears for the most part but the idea was right.

«They are lucky enough — and as was I and as were most girls that I knew growing up — that your dreams were never going to fall on deaf ears, and that your thoughts and voice mattered and could make a difference.»

Perhaps it is watching George Bailey grow up, agonizing with him when his slapped deaf ear starts to bleed, sympathizing with his desire to see the world, appreciating the great personal sacrifices he makes for those he loves, chuckling over his romantic endeavors, admiring his commitment to values, or understanding the despair that has him contemplating suicide.

The Ear Foundation is an independent charity that helps deaf people and their families make the best use of technology to improve hearing, communication and spoken language.

Instead of continuing with same same points being made over and over falling on deaf ears ad nauseum, I shall stop here.

I have been greeted by knobby - kneed centurions in cardboard armour and spectacles, and have not fled but have taken the opportunity to research the fact that the ear - protectors on their helmets made them a bit deaf.

The idea that pups are born functionally deaf (with their ear canals closed) and blind (with their eyelids tightly shut) makes every move and mealtime seem like quite an accomplishment.

Puppies that are unilaterally deaf (deaf in one ear) will not show the defect in any discernable way and will make good family pets.

While making the series, the artist turned, as he describes it, a «deaf ear to the exacting science of photography.»

The claim may meet deaf political ears though, in light of how airlines have driven the cost of flying so low, making it up in volume.

Academia has been in disbelief about the deaf ear, and how hard it is to make the «news».

Trudeau made youth involvement in politics a pillar of his political identity, yet he seems to turn a deaf ear when we speak up on Indigenous rights and climate science.

Given that he is making claims contrary to the evidence, I'm not surprised his protestations may be falling on deaf ears.

«At a time when general counsel are looking for alternative billing arrangements, the playing field has been leveled, so smaller firms can make pitches to big clients that would have fallen on deaf ears before,» DuPont General Counsel Thomas L. Sager told Cotts.

«Complaints made by students fell on deaf ears.

Huawei may have made a big splash with its P20 and P20 Pro flagships, but that has fallen on deaf ears in the US where the phones won't be sold, even through retailers.

BLU already made its defense, which seems to have fallen on deaf ears.

On that note, both Samsung and Apple have made mistakes of late handling bigger and smaller quality control scandals, with the former still unable (or unwilling) to share a determination of Note 7 investigations, and the latter turning a deaf ear to «Touch Disease» complaints for a long time, then finally acknowledging a problem, but forcing affected iPhone 6 Plus owners to pay up.