overhear

Example Sentences

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You can talk to it, let it overhear your day and—in the case of glasses—let it see what you’re seeing in real time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

Further along the footpath around the old dock, I overhear an American accent.

From BBC • Oct. 23, 2025

Sometimes because both my parents and Lucia’s parents have come during shooting to help because we have a new kid, sometimes they’ll overhear something and be like, “That’s funny.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2024

“I used to sit and overhear conversations you had with Eleanor about that.”

From Seattle Times • May 18, 2024

All April’s information seemed to be the kind of things grown-ups let you overhear, and of course, nearly everything she could find in the children’s part of libraries.

From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder