earful
Example Sentences
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“I’m sure he’s getting an earful right now of oil prices and people getting really concerned again.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
Pap was surely not amused by Savage’s party; he’d already gotten an earful about the previous night’s shenanigans.
From Slate • Jan. 13, 2026
Border Patrol cops loitered on the sidewalks of a popular nightlife strip, where they got an earful from a passerby in a pink pointelle shirt.
From Slate • Aug. 13, 2025
I was about to get an earful on the book’s background and a postage-paid primer on my own writing life.
From Salon • Feb. 9, 2025
“I made dang shore Miss Effie Belle got a earful when she got home. I said, ‘The Lord loves a joyful noise, Miss Love, and here comes Miss Effie Belle up her walk.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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