Listen

Examples

• He had done worse than listen, as I privately thought to myself. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Listen to me, Agustín said, and coming close he put his hand on Robert Jordan's shoulder. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Listen, said Tarzan, easing up a trifle, but not releasing his hold. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Then himself said back to him, You listen, see? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Listen, the woman said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• And if it is not for her, that she should not listen. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Look away from me, don't listen to me, stop me, blush for me, cry for me--even you, Amy! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Miss Havisham sat listening (or it seemed so, for I could not see her face), but still made no answer. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• He dreaded to hear that something had been said to Mary--he felt as if he were listening to a threat rather than a warning. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• But as to listening to what one lawyer says without asking another--I wonder at a man o' your cleverness, Mr. Dill. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• She struck a light and stood startled, listening. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Before that time we sit listening to a tale, a marvellous fiction, delightful sometimes, and sad sometimes, almost always unreal. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• He could see that the wife of Pablo had turned now from the fire and was listening. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Mr. Moore began to tell us about the Continent, the war, and Bonaparte--subjects we were both fond of listening to. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• George Lamb and Elliston together, after they had listened to a page or two, with one voice exclaimed, Very stupid. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Holmes had listened to his story with the utmost attention, and now he sat for some time in silent thought. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• I listened with amazement to this explanation, which Holmes delivered between the puffs of his cigarette. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Perdita listened to me impatiently, and answered with some asperity:--Do you think that any of your arguments are new to me? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• So Laurie played and Jo listened, with her nose luxuriously buried in heliotrope and tea roses. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• I never listened to a distinguished preacher in my life without a sort of envy. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• During the repast, she had occasion to speak several times, when Georgy eyed her and listened to her. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Mrs. Rouncewell listens. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The operator puts the receiver to his ear and listens for the message, which the telephone renders audible in the Morse characters. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• When the wireless operator wishes to send a message to another station he listens in, as it is called, by connecting his receiving apparatus with the adjacent antenna and the ground. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Sir Leicester watches the sleet and snow and listens for the returning steps that he expects. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• No, said Caddy, I don't know that he does that, but he talks to Pa, and Pa greatly admires him, and listens, and likes it. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Jo listens to it. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Then he listens in, and if he receives the clicks that show that the other station has heard him he is ready to establish regular telegraphic communication. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.

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