hear voices

Example Sentences

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Jonathan said he recalled starting to hear voices.

From BBC • Dec. 30, 2025

“We should have the opposite. And I hope that we continue to hear voices around the country that speak into this moment for the sake of our kids and our grandkids.”

From Salon • May 6, 2025

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

“They start to hear voices, hallucinate, they start to get paranoid about people who care about them,” Cyndee Wilson said.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2022

“I hear voices in my mind and you’re worried that you’re the freak,” he laughed.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer