within earshot

Example Sentences

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It could easily be mistaken for an expression of anger, but watching how others in the area—pedestrians, other drivers—react, it’s a signal: a warning to anyone within earshot that ICE is moving through the neighborhood.

From Slate • Jan. 16, 2026

Students are almost always within earshot of a fountain; Qubein says the water has an energizing effect.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 2025

Harbaugh’s parents were sitting within earshot, as was Payton — at the time back to watching games from the stands.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 31, 2025

Agathe’s vomiting on Oliver's shoes is not an auspicious start, nor is calling him “unbearable, arrogant, and totally stuck up” within earshot.

From Salon • May 30, 2025

Some nights are silent; not a motor car turning within earshot; no drunks or restless babies crying for their mothers and Alice opens any window she Wants to and hears nothing at all.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison