hear voices

Example Sentences

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Gucci Mane said that during episodes of what he called “psychosis,” he would hear voices speaking ill about people in his close circles.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2025

If a shot starts on his shoe and pans up into the scene, maybe you hear voices before you see who is talking.

From Salon • Oct. 1, 2024

At around 09:30, Michal's mum wrote on the family chat that she could hear voices in Arabic outside their house.

From BBC • Oct. 13, 2023

Many mysteries remain about the origins of hallucinations, but one hypothesis suggests that when people hear voices, they are hearing their own thoughts disguised as another person’s by a quirk of the brain.

From New York Times • Feb. 14, 2023

Chairs were being kicked about and I could hear voices grunting as with a terrific effort.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison