Example Sentences

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Underneath the Overheard LA post promoting the apparel, dozens of Instagram users left cheeky comments about the clothes and the concert itself.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2023

Overheard at the bar, a newcomer gets offered a bit of explanation: “This is kind of like ‘Cheers’… .”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 15, 2023

Metropolitan Diary: Overheard on a Broadway bus, a visit to doughnut heaven and more tales of New York City.

From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2022

Overheard from the press seats as the lights went down before a recent screening of “Halloween Kills”:

From Washington Post • Oct. 13, 2021

But Brussels was no longer the indisputable spot, as the servants Overheard some words that implied a belief that Louis XVIII. was quitting France to return to his old asylum, England.

From The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 3 by Burney, Fanny