earful
Example Sentences
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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
Atkins remains optimistic about her adopted home state, notwithstanding her unsuccessful run for governor and the earful of criticisms she heard along the way,
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2025
Border Patrol cops loitered on the sidewalks of a popular nightlife strip, where they got an earful from a passerby in a pink pointelle shirt.
From Slate • Aug. 13, 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
If I run around to Ella’s place, to grab some dinner or whatever, all I get is an earful of what I should be doing differently with my life.
From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
