shut one's eyes to something , also: close one's eyes to something
shut one's ears to something , also: close one's ears to something

I shut my ears to these sounds and listened inwardly.

The reason for the silence is that the moment someone gets up to speak, the people smell political ambition and shut their ears.

He tried to shut his ears to them, but the voices still persisted.

I shut my ears to his cry of dismay and ran on.

All I can do is to shut my ears to everything and write - write.

There are rumours to which I try to shut my ears.

There were rumours, stories of other men in her life, that he'd shut his ears to.

I did not know whether to count, or to shut my ears.

I thought, if I shut my ears, then perhaps someone would be saved.

She tried to shut her ears against the sound.