overhear
IPA: ˈoʊvɝhˈɪr
verb
- (transitive, intransitive) To hear something that was not meant for one's ears.
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Examples of "overhear" in Sentences
- Someone might overhear.
- He overhears the conversation.
- They overhear about the death of the young prostitute.
- One of the villagers happens to overhear the discussion.
- They overhear and insist on taking the cadavers for their own.
- Revnon overhears Vannet talking to the Doctor and the pair argue.
- The other detectives overhear the exchange and look on in amazement.
- A patient overhears and word of the kissing spreads through the town.
- Bobby, overhearing the blast in the driveway, enters the scene aghast.
- During the night, a sleepless Wilmarth overhears a disturbing conversation.
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