overheard

Example Sentences

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In it, she also noted she had once overheard a colleague say: "I've never had to tell a woman so loudly, and so often, that she would kill her baby if she didn't push."

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

“The thought that leads me to contemplate with dread the erasure of other voices, of unwritten novels, poems whispered or swallowed for fear of being overheard — that thought is a nightmare,” she said.

From Salon • May 31, 2026

Though the Braves still lost, Chaney overheard Turner boasting to reporters afterward about the move to have him hit.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

He overheard them talking about a Middle Eastern man who’d been brought back from London for questioning in the U.S.

From Slate • Apr. 19, 2026

She braced herself for words she’d overheard before.

From "Rickshaw Girl" by Mitali Perkins