headphones
Example Sentences
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He listens to Bach on headphones and broods.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
On Thursday, wearing green khaki prison jumpsuits, Maduro and his wife sat quietly with several lawyers in-between them as they listened to a translation of the arguments through headphones.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
Other veteran podcasters are hanging up their headphones precisely because they aren’t interested in committing to a life on YouTube.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
Participants in the study listened to a range of sounds through headphones while background noise played at the same time.
From Science Daily • Mar. 20, 2026
My noise-canceling headphones are not on my head.
From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari
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