eavesdrop

Example Sentences

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The president sometimes messes with the reporters on the line or lets people around him eavesdrop on speakerphone.

From Slate • Mar. 18, 2026

A trade office allegedly helped to eavesdrop on Chinese dissidents.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

In rehearsal, Mays fully inhabits his role — and his costume — moving with a lithe formality as he strives to eavesdrop on Mozart and Constanze.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026

Their ability to detect low-frequency sounds helps them eavesdrop on the mating calls of frogs.

From Science Daily • Nov. 1, 2025

I soon discovered that if a wayfaring stranger wishes to eavesdrop on a local population the places for him to slip in and hold his peace are bars and churches.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck