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Examples
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I damn nearly poked the paper clip through my ear-drum.
Clovers in her hair Brentley Frazer 2012
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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
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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
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"I almost drowned two or three times," says Wahlberg, who suffered ear-drum damage during filming.
Waterworld 2008
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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.
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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.
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A burst ear-drum and visit to the emergency room + 2 days of being sick during Christmas vacation at my folks.
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Tentatively, I spoke to Belladonna, who replied in an ear-drum shattering shriek.
Second Wind Francis, Dick 1999
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- Do not bring into contact with cerebral tissue, the meninges or an injured ear-drum.
Chapter 4 1993
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- Do not bring into contact with cerebral tissue, the meninges or an injured ear-drum.
Chapter 4 1993
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