hearing distance
Example Sentences
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If you know there are people within hearing distance, call to them for help, but do not scream or yell, it says.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2024
“I haven’t said hello to him yet,” Mr. Warren said while the two stood within hearing distance, backs turned.
From New York Times ● Jul. 17, 2021
This puts patients in the uncomfortable position of having to explain their transgender status to the front desk within hearing distance of other patients.”
From Scientific American ● Jul. 1, 2021
Kinkade, an assistant Polk County attorney, argued that Sahouri and Robnett were within hearing distance when police gave orders to disperse, but that they stayed with the crowd.
From Fox News ● Mar. 11, 2021
Yet I was certain he’d be meowing if he was within hearing distance.
From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor
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