eavesdropping
- present participle of eavesdrop.
Example Sentences
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Eavesdropping at Local Tide catches everyone all around talking about how great everything is.
From Seattle Times • May 25, 2023
Eavesdropping animals could include orcas, which eat whale calves.
From Washington Post • Jul. 4, 2022
Eavesdropping on the mental lives of others — this is not a skill that expresses itself best in formal academic settings.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2021
Eavesdropping solved the interview problem, but it presented a new one.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 18, 2016
Eavesdropping is a deplorable habit, but I have developed worse ones since. “... much about them,” I heard Ben say.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
