earful
Example Sentences
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But if you try to place a piece of this infrastructure in their communities, well, someone in the administration is going to get an earful.
From Slate • Feb. 12, 2026
Executives at Texas Roadhouse got an earful about the pending shortage during October meetings with restaurant managers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 5, 2025
They know their worth, and they will give you an earful, especially if you threaten the people they love.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 22, 2025
I was about to get an earful on the book’s background and a postage-paid primer on my own writing life.
From Salon • Feb. 9, 2025
Wherever it was, all the SIM got at first was an earful about our women problems.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
