earful
Example Sentences
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“I’m sure he’s getting an earful right now of oil prices and people getting really concerned again.”
“I had to go through it that way. … My parents were both mad. That was weeks of earfuls: ‘Man, what are you doing?’
From Los Angeles Times
Usually, when Aunt Hila got mad, she gave him an earful.
From Literature
Either way, the state Board of Forestry and Fire Protection’s Zone 0 Advisory Committee will likely get an earful of comments during its public meeting Thursday at the Pasadena Convention Center.
From Los Angeles Times
Executives at Texas Roadhouse got an earful about the pending shortage during October meetings with restaurant managers.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
