earful
Example Sentences
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The announcement of Dudamel’s first New York season, while praiseworthy, brought an earful of gripes about his speaking in platitudes from hardcore New Yorkers unimpressed by uplift.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
Pap was surely not amused by Savage’s party; he’d already gotten an earful about the previous night’s shenanigans.
From Slate • Jan. 13, 2026
Ask any basketball coach you know and they’ll give you an earful about the attrition of whole-court vision and underappreciated talents like moving without the ball.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
Atkins remains optimistic about her adopted home state, notwithstanding her unsuccessful run for governor and the earful of criticisms she heard along the way,
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2025
Wherever it was, all the SIM got at first was an earful about our women problems.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
