Even sweeping sideways through the ether, those ertial shields would have a deadening effect on the space around them.

"When you sit in a room for four hours making calls, it kind of has a deadening effect on you."

This, he wrote, has a "deadening" effect on American advertising.

Perhaps the maddened Gnome had found his own way to escape its deadening effects, but it seemed unlikely.

But that drop had been largely attributed to the deadening effect of the terror attack, which shut down business and tourism in much of Manhattan.

That's the deadening effect of 13 years of Tory rule for you!

These have a deadening effect, as does the prosaic language the verse often falls into.

I think that's because they recognize both the impossibility of fulfilling the role and the deadening effect it could have on the paper.

Moreover, forever being careful, with the idea of exploiting the opponent's mistakes, can have a deadening effect on one's play.

With what's left over, you can buy a pillow to correct the deadening effect of the Knitting Factory's chairs.