Example Sentences

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“The Walls Are Watching” and the eaves are eavesdropping, probably, in this new suburban thriller.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2022

Viewers, Harris hopes, will feel “like they are eavesdropping on a conversation between experts.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 30, 2020

“Thank God no one will ever hear this conversation,” the Academic says, distilling the impression that we are eavesdropping on uninhibited intimacies not intended for the stage.

From The Guardian • Aug. 8, 2018

"But we also want to keep the conversational feel of the podcast, and the sense that you are eavesdropping."

From BBC • Oct. 20, 2014

I look over my shoulder, curious if Dad or Aunt Melissa are eavesdropping.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller