Sentences with phrase «reached deafening»

For the most part, the games industry kept making hardcore games for hardcore gamer audiences, but in recent years, speculation about the idea that games have gone casual has reached a deafening pitch.
He estimated that the Cuban cicada could reach a deafening 95 decibels at a distance of about 20 inches, but emphasized that the sound - pressure level would drop six decibels with every doubling distance.
If the Tories lose expect all that Olympic chatter about Boris Johnson's leadership ambitions to reach deafening levels.
As the visitor enters the main gallery, a whirring noise circles around the room, becoming increasingly louder and high - pitched, until it reaches a deafening crescendo, then falls silent.

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The discordant tunes among the Directorate of Petroleum Resources, Ministry of Petroleum, Independent Marketers and other stakeholders have reached such a deafening crescendo that Nigerians appear to have lost confidence in the ability of this government to solve the energy challenge.
Johnson said last week that he would endorse one side in the referendum campaign with a «deafening éclat» soon after the prime minister reached a deal in Brussels.
Cries of «snub» are inevitable during awards season, but the cacophony of complaints reached near - deafening volume following Thursday morning's announcement of the 2014 Emmy nominations.
In the next, as the sea gathering beneath the steamer's hull reached its peak and commenced its inevitable decline, the bow came surging forward and down, folding the bulwarks like pasteboard, shattering the wardroom skylight, and with a deafening roar, still driving mercilessly forward, rammed the bow sprit up to the stem against the mainmast of the helpless brig.
And crucially, there's not a hint of distortion to be heard until you really do reach peek (absolutely deafening) volume.
As I write this, talk of the housing market peaking has reached such a deafening level, it's a wonder you all aren't out looking for new work.
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