hear out
Example Sentences
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A former employee of her family’s small-town Kansas bank, she has demonstrated a willingness, unusual among regulators, to hear out banks over their criticisms of the supervisory process and even specific interactions with examiners.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026
While David never mentions the "Real Time" host by name, the timing of the piece and its main character's need to hear out all sides past the point of ludicrousness make the target clear.
From Salon • Apr. 22, 2025
Activists I knew in Orange County were intrigued but initially skeptical at staff members’ willingness to hear out ideas, no matter how radical, in an area long dismissed by L.A.-area do-gooders.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2024
He was committed not to partisanship but to constituent services, ready to walk into any room and hear out the concerns of any affinity group.
From Slate • Jul. 30, 2024
He could hear, out in the waiting room, his aunt aggressively turning the pages of a magazine.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
