earphones

Example Sentences

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By 2014, tourists were improvising with items like scrunchies, ribbons and earphones.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

Here was a middle-aged woman, fresh off a run, casually clutching a pair of earphones in her hand while she placed an important work call.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2024

Each participant wore earphones to hear both their taps and their partner's taps, and they had to anticipate their partner's movements.

From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2024

My wife, who had her earphones in, hadn't heard the noise at all until I pointed it out.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2024

Nately ripped offhis hat and earphones in one jubilant sweep and began rocking back and forth happily like a handsome child in a high chair.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller