ear

Example Sentences

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Xcomm then caught the ear of current Ministry drummer Roy Mayorga, who would go on to produce the five-song 2024 demo “Westside Punks.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

Surveillance footage showed him holding a phone to his ear shortly before the robbery.

From Slate • May 20, 2026

The Hammond B3 swells on the verse’s first pass, sticking close to the song’s melody, but on the second, it jumps an octave in an improvisation that nearly scorches the ear.

From Salon • May 15, 2026

It gives you a hearing number, the softest speech sound you can hear in each ear.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

She drew a lock of hair off my face and looped it behind my ear, tugging the end of it gently.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu