eavesdrop
Example Sentences
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Eavesdrop on pastry chefs with laminated dough under their nails.
From Salon • Mar. 5, 2026
Pigeon signage is all over Eavesdrop Brewery, which gives its beer such names as “Broken Wings” black lager.
From Washington Post • Sep. 30, 2021
Eavesdrop on a conversation and it's likely that, sooner or later, a concept invented or popularised by the founding father of free association will pop up.
From BBC • Sep. 18, 2014
Eavesdrop and Frank accuses his brother-in-law of never having been in love.
From The Guardian • Feb. 9, 2012
I never overheard a conversation with pleasure since I read how the Rev. Dr. Follett declared that his bamboo, and not his cloth, should protect him from Mr. Eavesdrop.
From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 by Various
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