overhear
Example Sentences
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The chic dining area features modern overheard lighting and enough room for a large table.
From MarketWatch
I overheard, “Let’s dress up, like, for an Oscars party, drink champagne and then order in pizza and wings.”
Museum visitors overhear the family, who have hidden in their cellar, as they become increasingly panicked.
From National Geographic
In a childhood flashback, Amy overhears her father complain to her mother that he didn't even want a child.
From Salon
On her third birthday, she overheard my husband saying to me that the year of the terrible twos was finally coming to an end.
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
