eavesdropper

Example Sentences

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He just wants to be an eavesdropper in the room, standing back against the dusty brick-a-brack.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Unfortunately, the researchers using them are often faced with a similar plight as the unfortunate eavesdropper, leaning against a locked door with an empty glass to their ear.

From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2024

“I can’t tell if it’s metallic or what,” one pilot said, according to cockpit audio obtained by journalist Thomas Newdick from an earthbound eavesdropper identified as “Mike in southwest Wisconsin.”

From Washington Post • Feb. 17, 2023

Now social media gives every restaurateur, nanny, production designer and eavesdropper a platform that could reach a global audience.

From New York Times • Oct. 25, 2022

In low tones, she told her husband that there had been “a burglary,” a remark which—repeated by a well-meaning eavesdropper to his neighbor—spread rapidly around the room and generated a flurry of unwanted concern.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt