1. Ashley went to the bank to beg for a loan because she had no job, but no one would listen to her. Her pleas fell on deaf ears.
2. The young husband tried to tell his wife why he was late getting home, but his excuse fell on deaf ears

Compare to: turn a deaf ear. The expression is used to describe spoken words. The listener is not really deaf, but acts that way. This idiom is essentially synonymous with turn a deaf ear , but whereas the request falls on deaf ears , the person who ignores the request turns a deaf ear