overhear
Example Sentences
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He overheard me arguing with my husband about not having a business plan and leaned over: “You make a product,” he said.
From MarketWatch
Hugo disappeared without trace within days of the conversation I’d overheard.
From Literature
MIAMI—In recent weeks, family members of a group of Cuban dissidents who overheard their making plans to “liberate Cuba” dismissed the talk as the kind of bravado that is common among Cuban-American exiles.
Oh, I almost wished I hadn’t overheard them talking!
From Literature
One Iranian man said he overheard his mother and her friend discussing the price of two bundles of spinach—the equivalent of about $28.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
