listener
someone who gives attention with the ear, especially for the purpose of hearing specific sounds, speech, instructions, etc.: At story time, you may choose to be a reader or a listener.
someone who listens to a radio broadcast or to a specific radio program: They attract teenage listeners with pop songs about first love.
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How to use listener in a sentence
These themes clearly resonanted with the lives of listeners in 2020.
Platforms like Instagram, Reelz, TikTok, and Twitter make things more accessible for listeners and young artists alike.
Soulection’s Joe Kay Presents ‘A Beginner’s Guide To Future Sounds’ | Brande Victorian | February 5, 2021 | Essence.comIn all, the electrical activity of these neurons could predict nearly 80 percent of the time whether the listener accurately predicted Tom’s mental image of the jar.
This Is Where Empathy Lives in the Brain, and How It Works | Shelly Fan | February 2, 2021 | Singularity HubNot only are there nearly infinite ways to create binaural beats with nature recordings and ambient noise, but the way listeners react to them can vary widely, too.
Well, our listeners can find Brooke at Playa Provisions, or just send a meal to her staff by going to their website.
How One Instagram Post Inspired Diners From Around the World to Donate Restaurant Meals | Amanda Kludt | January 27, 2021 | Eater
The friend is asking himself if he could have been a better listener.
All along, Beth has been a very good listener and sort of very good at clocking everything around her and taking it in.
Exit Interview: The Walking Dead's Beth Tells All | Melissa Leon | December 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe talk radio phenom and Fox News staple has identified himself as a longtime listener of the TRN patriarch.
If Japanese whisky is like a symphony, then I am a contented listener.
Watch Out, Scotland! Japanese Whisky Is on the Rise | Kayleigh Kulp | November 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSocial media twists everything, but on radio, it is my voice directly to the listener.
I'm Not Country or Pop. I'm Just Pure Garth Brooks. | David Masciotra | September 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSomething in the tone of the man seemed to his listener uncalled for—in a sense reproachful, singular.
Three More John Silence Stories | Algernon BlackwoodWe now come to the department of the organ which will be of more interest to the listener, viz., the various organ tones.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building | George Laing MillerOnly one grown person—Mr. Marble—was admitted into the kitchen, and he was there only as a listener.
Mike Marble | Uncle FrankThere was a cold, stinging contempt in Varney's tones by no means lost on the listener.
The Weight of the Crown | Fred M. WhiteHis voice and manners were pleasing, and his estimate of himself was sufficiently modest to make him an appreciative listener.
The Supplies for the Confederate Army | Caleb Huse
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