auditory
adjective
pertaining to hearing, to the sense of hearing, or to the organs of hearing.
auditories
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pluralof auditory.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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It cannot be said that much harm has resulted from the full liberty permitted him, or that neglect on his part has impaired the generally attractive aspect of our theatrical auditories.
From A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character by Dutton Cook
There is another scruple cast in by divinity concerning its production, much disputed in the German auditories, and with that indifferency and equality of arguments, as leave the controversy undetermined.
From Religio Medici, Hydriotaphia, and the Letter to a Friend by Sir Thomas Browne
Of this, great complaints were made by honest men: and some of the best and most conscientious preachers reproved it in the greatest auditories, as at Paul’s Cross, and before the King himself.
From The Influence and Development of English Gilds As Illustrated by the History of the Craft Gilds of Shrewsbury by Francis Aiden Hibbert
Let us, then, contemplate a little closer the different kinds of concerts—their features and their character—their performers and their auditories.
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 436 Volume 17, New Series, May 8, 1852 by Robert Chambers
He had a loud and clear voice, and articulated his words so perfectly that he might be heard and understood at a great distance; especially as his auditories observed the most perfect silence.
From The Life of Benjamin Franklin Illustrated by Tales, Sketches, and Anecdotes by Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold) Goodrich
