overheard

Example Sentences

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In one office I overheard a press secretary and a chief of staff talking about music.

From Salon • May 29, 2026

Meanwhile, they overheard their parents fret that society might be forever hollowed out.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

He overheard them talking about a Middle Eastern man who’d been brought back from London for questioning in the U.S.

From Slate • Apr. 19, 2026

She says Epstein paid only part of that amount and that she overheard phone calls in which the woman pressured him to pay the remainder.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

But the next evening, as the Carpathia was closing in on New York Harbor, George and Phoebe overheard a skinny man with a beard speaking to an officer.

From "I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912" by Lauren Tarshis