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overhear
verb as in eavesdrop
Weak matches
verb as in hear
verb as in hearken
verb as in listen
Strong matches
Example Sentences
Titus, who lived with his mother, was overheard asking for a ride to her house because his motorcycle wouldn’t start.
He only learned he was going to Arizona after overhearing a conversation between two guards.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin have been overheard discussing organ transplants as a means of prolonging life on the sidelines of a military parade in Beijing.
He claimed to have overheard the asylum seeker telling them: "Come back to Africa, you would be a good wife."
“It was surreal getting back to work and being on the other side of the stage,” Huntley said, overhearing people talk about the early August show days later.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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