hear voices

Example Sentences

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Gucci Mane said that during episodes of what he called “psychosis,” he would hear voices speaking ill about people in his close circles.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2025

In evidence, Irwin, of George Street, described suffering from paranoid schizophrenia, which caused him to hear voices and hallucinate.

From BBC • Nov. 22, 2024

If a shot starts on his shoe and pans up into the scene, maybe you hear voices before you see who is talking.

From Salon • Oct. 1, 2024

Many mysteries remain about the origins of hallucinations, but one hypothesis suggests that when people hear voices, they are hearing their own thoughts disguised as another person’s by a quirk of the brain.

From New York Times • Feb. 14, 2023

I hear voices approaching so I throw everything into Max's backpack and steal out of the castle, ignoring my hunger pains.

From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi