sharp-eared
Americanadjective
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having pointed ears.
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having keen hearing.
Example Sentences
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Particularly fun for sharp-eared listeners are the many early rock and R&B references on “Horses.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025
And sharp-eared coyotes, foxes and owls listen for the scrabbling of little feet and plunge headfirst through several feet of snow in hopes of a meal.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 30, 2022
With all the earmarks of her Chinese novels � great sincerity, a Biblical-cadenced style� it also has such narrow escapes from absurdity that sharp-eared readers can hear the squeak.
From Time Magazine Archive
A sharp-eared sailor on watch heard him, sounded the emergency rescue alarm.
From Time Magazine Archive
In 1542, he spoke of his design to the duke of Gandia; and in 1546 it was whispered at court, and was mentioned by the sharp-eared envoy of Venice, in a dispatch to the Doge.
From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851 by Various
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