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

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

But on March 19, before that two-parter was done, Young and Lueders posted a “HardLore” episode that broke from format, instead answering listener questions for an hour and a half.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

So for me personally as a listener, it’s about that effort, rather than getting the perfect pronunciation.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026

Like the ending of a story, an ending in music is more satisfying if it follows certain customs that the listener expects to hear.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones