ears
Example Sentences
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We rode to the 107th floor in an elevator speeding upward at roughly 18 miles an hour, our ears popping.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 9, 2026
Such family stories and gratitude would undoubtedly have been music to Parton's ears; the expansion of the programme was truly a realisation of her own dream.
From BBC β Aug. 29, 2026
They were watching a rerun of “The Porter Wagoner Show,” the program that had helped launch Dolly to country music stardom, on a little TV set using rabbit ears, when she appeared.
From Salon β Aug. 26, 2026
"Compared to the Chinese pangolin, the Himalayan pangolin has a bigger body, a longer tail, and smaller ears," says Feijó.
From Science Daily β Aug. 26, 2026
Radio was Haarlem’s eyes and ears and very pulse-rate, for after that first night, although we often heard planes overhead, the bombing never came so close again.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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