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Examples

  • I damn nearly poked the paper clip through my ear-drum.

    Clovers in her hair Brentley Frazer 2012

  • Hence, closing the bathroom door too quickly or turning on the swamp cooler causes ear-drum bursting beeps and an adrenaline rush.

    What the beep? Jessica Hagy 2007

  • Dr. Seely, of Bellevue, Wash., says other reported injuries include burns and ear-drum punctures, which can require surgery to repair.

    Clearing Wax Buildup 2008

  • "I almost drowned two or three times," says Wahlberg, who suffered ear-drum damage during filming.

    Waterworld 2008

  • When the ear receives any simple sound, it is struck by a single pulse of the air which makes the ear-drum and the other membranous parts vibrate according to the nature and species of the stroke.

    On the Sublime and Beautiful 2007

  • For I have observed, that when at any time I have waited very earnestly for some sound, that returned at intervals, (as the successive firing of cannon,) though I fully expected the return of the sound, when it came it always made me start a little; the ear-drum suffered a convulsion, and the whole body consented with it.

    On the Sublime and Beautiful 2007

  • A burst ear-drum and visit to the emergency room + 2 days of being sick during Christmas vacation at my folks.

    Boobs Kick Breasts Off Plane; Nation Saved 2006

  • Tentatively, I spoke to Belladonna, who replied in an ear-drum shattering shriek.

    Second Wind Francis, Dick 1999

  • - Do not bring into contact with cerebral tissue, the meninges or an injured ear-drum.

    Chapter 4 1993

  • - Do not bring into contact with cerebral tissue, the meninges or an injured ear-drum.

    Chapter 4 1993

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