eavesdropper

Example Sentences

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He just wants to be an eavesdropper in the room, standing back against the dusty brick-a-brack.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Unfortunately, the researchers using them are often faced with a similar plight as the unfortunate eavesdropper, leaning against a locked door with an empty glass to their ear.

From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2024

Now social media gives every restaurateur, nanny, production designer and eavesdropper a platform that could reach a global audience.

From New York Times • Oct. 25, 2022

Communicating with entangled light can also guarantee security, as measurements of quantum systems can reveal the presence of the eavesdropper.

From Salon • Oct. 6, 2022

I wondered if the bishop’s wife saw the flush on my face, but she went on smoothly with the conversation, and I listened to her greedily, like an eavesdropper at a shuttered window.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier