Example Sentences

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The bartender, who has been eavesdropping while pretending to polish glassware, grabs a bottle and pours.

From Salon • Sep. 20, 2020

If that’s not the voice of a wealthy layabout, it’s the voice of someone who has been eavesdropping on them for years.

From Washington Post • Mar. 14, 2016

The Speaker got the joke, and as seen in the video above, the monkey has been eavesdropping and photobombing from the comfort and convenience of his home on the Speaker’s coffee table ever since.

From MSNBC • Aug. 26, 2014

June 2013: We learn that the National Security Agency has been eavesdropping on us.

From Scientific American • Jan. 11, 2014

"Some one has been eavesdropping," muttered he, much enraged at his discovery.

From The Champdoce Mystery by Gaboriau, Émile