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
One day last spring Columbia Records' sharp-eared Mitch Miller heard the voice on his car radio.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
I don't know if any sharp-eared listener had heard the ticking and thought that we had a time bomb in the studio.
From The Dawn of Amateur Radio in the U.K. and Greece: a personal view by Joly, Norman F.
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