within earshot

Example Sentences

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It could easily be mistaken for an expression of anger, but watching how others in the area—pedestrians, other drivers—react, it’s a signal: a warning to anyone within earshot that ICE is moving through the neighborhood.

From Slate • Jan. 16, 2026

Students are almost always within earshot of a fountain; Qubein says the water has an energizing effect.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 2025

In September all gigs were cancelled after residents living within earshot of the music filed a legal complaint over the noise.

From BBC • May 30, 2025

Agathe’s vomiting on Oliver's shoes is not an auspicious start, nor is calling him “unbearable, arrogant, and totally stuck up” within earshot.

From Salon • May 30, 2025

Sitting within earshot of a group of reporters at the Giants-Green Bay football game at the Polo Grounds in New York, Howard wondered aloud which race he would choose.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand