overhear
Example Sentences
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The chic dining area features modern overheard lighting and enough room for a large table.
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I overheard, “Let’s dress up, like, for an Oscars party, drink champagne and then order in pizza and wings.”
Bits of overheard conversation often fascinated me, and I’d jot them down.
On 8 November, she "overheard some boys talking that Kai had been arrested and that was the first I heard".
From BBC
About a week into the trial Richards, while in the jury room, was overheard by an usher telling other jurors about joint enterprise murder.
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