eavesdropper

Example Sentences

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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 am, at the very least, receiving texts all the time, a party to conversations in which I am alternately an eavesdropper and an active participant.

From New York Times • Jan. 16, 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

Communicating with entangled light can also guarantee security, as measurements of quantum systems can reveal the presence of the eavesdropper.

From Salon • Oct. 6, 2022

I’m not usually an eavesdropper, but I dare you to try not listening if you hear your best friend talking about you to an adult.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan