hearers

Example Sentences

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All very businesslike; not the least cause in the world for any one to suspect that a new trap was being set by the snarers.

From The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan by MacGrath, Harold

The other snarers, on the contrary, who occupy a distant retreat by day, cannot do without a private wire that keeps them in permanent communication with the deserted web. 

From The Life of the Spider by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander

The snarers of birds have formed themselves into armed bands.

From The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians by Budge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis), Sir

Princes, wantons and bards! ye, O council of the wise men! and ye, O hunters of the forests, and snarers of the fishes of the streams! harken to Morven, the son of Osslah.

From The Fallen Star, or, the History of a False Religion by E.L. Bulwer; And, A Dissertation on the Origin of Evil by Lord Brougham by Brougham and Vaux, Henry Peter Brougham, Baron

Not inexperienced with the snarers, he had learned wariness; and now, by some white magic, wariness seemed not worth bothering for.

From V. V.'s Eyes by Harrison, Henry Sydnor