listener

Example Sentences

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“For the listener, who listens in the snow, / And, nothing himself, beholds / Nothing that is not there and the nothing that is.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Her eyes, with minimal makeup, pull the listener into her soul without trying as she tells her origin story.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

After Barron’s Live, we asked Katie to address several listener and other questions—about the Magnificent Seven stocks, the Dow Jones transports, and the Cboe Volatility Index—that time didn’t permit during the call.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

"We wanted to create something which would make the listener feel like they were talking to Billy," said Jane Rowlands, head of Glasgow Museums and Collections at Glasgow Life.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

His father was a good listener: he did not interrupt, and he believed what he heard.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell