earphones

Example Sentences

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By 2014, tourists were improvising with items like scrunchies, ribbons and earphones.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

“I was back in New York, and I was walking down the street and a guy looked up at me, pulled earphones out of his head and said, ‘Hey … you’re on my iPod!’

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2025

Each participant wore earphones to hear both their taps and their partner's taps, and they had to anticipate their partner's movements.

From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2024

My wife, who had her earphones in, hadn't heard the noise at all until I pointed it out.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2024

I knew the insects were loud because it was summer, but I didn’t hear them because my earphones covered my ears.

From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer