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
A sharp-eared sailor on watch heard him, sounded the emergency rescue alarm.
From Time Magazine Archive
But soon Allah was well-behaved and sharp-eared again.
From Time Magazine Archive
This created a good deal of noisy merriment as we sat round the mess-table near the entry-port, causing the sharp-eared, lynx-eyed ‘Jaunty’ to spot the offender from his convenient post of observation hard by.
From Young Tom Bowling The Boys of the British Navy by Greene, John B.
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