Assertion: tern's call | /r/HasProperty | deafening
Facets:
value: almost
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: The English naturalist Thomas Pennant in 1769 referred to "vast flocks" of black terns "whose calls are almost deafening.
text: The English naturalist Thomas Pennant in 1769 referred to “huge flocks” of black terns “whose calls are nearly deafening.
text: The calls and shrieks of that many birds can be deafening, and many of the biologists use earplugs while working in the colony.