And even if no longer acoustically deadened, they can still be deprived of their otherworldly dimension.
Critics argued that the official ceremonies were intellectually deadening and that official intrusion into salons damaged their ability to create enlightened public opinion.
Repetition deadens our capacity to think, but leaves its sediment in the mind.
But the tenderness of humour survives even this deadening interruption of the old relationship.
Any sense of spontaneity and immediate self-expression is deadened.
Well, one way to deal with such torment is to deaden or suppress the very good that is causing this torment.
In particular, legged robots may use their natural compliance to deaden any shock when dealing with an unknown environment.
Stanislavsky was well aware that the inexperienced actor was prone to a deadening self-consciousness that inhibited 'delicate shadings of feeling or the spiritual life of your part'.
