listen
verb (used without object)
to give attention with the ear; attend closely for the purpose of hearing; give ear.
unlistening
-
a word derived from
listen.
Example Sentences
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This hearts & flowers campaign does not always fall on unlistening ears.
From Time Magazine Archive
Her stiff, unhappy, unlistening silence broke up my disquisition.
From The New Machiavelli by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Thus did Miss Stone give vent to her feelings to unlistening ears.
From A Romance of Toronto A Novel by Annie Gregg Savigny
We paused to listen to his clear, silvery strain poured out without stint upon that unlistening solitude.
From Locusts and Wild Honey by John Burroughs
The voices of his mother and sisters, raised at times in eagerness or expectation of the future, fell upon his unlistening ears.
From A First Family of Tasajara by Bret Harte
