overhear
verb (used with object)
to hear (speech or a speaker) without the speaker's intention or knowledge.
overhears
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present tense formof overhear (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Another time she gets caught short when hill walking and with her trousers still around her ankles overhears one of her children tell a passer-by that "mummy is off having a wee".
From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2024
And the plot goes out of its way to bolster that mistrust through a series of worrisome conversation snippets that she overhears.
From Salon ● Jun. 8, 2023
He ponders finding a therapist — the people he overhears chatting about it on their phones make the idea sound so interesting — and pursues a flirtation with another male cat over some carrion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2023
All seems idyllic — until the day Beth, approaching her husband and brother-in-law in a store, overhears Don saying that he doesn’t like her new novel at all, but he can’t tell her.
From Seattle Times ● May 24, 2023
“My friend cleans the police station, and she overhears a lot,” said Madame Emile.
From "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" by Brian Selznick
