listen
verb (used without object)
to give attention with the ear; attend closely for the purpose of hearing; give ear.
unlistening
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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
Several of the speeches throughout the following evening were of a high order; but still there was no response—it was speaking from a rock to the noisy, unlistening, and irresponsive sea.
From Sketches in the House (1893) by T. P. O'Conner
Thus did Miss Stone give vent to her feelings to unlistening ears.
From A Romance of Toronto A Novel by Annie Gregg Savigny
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
It had been repeated many times and though never more artfully stated than now, it fell upon unlistening ears, making no impression whatever upon Congress and very little upon the country.
From Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 by James Gillespie Blaine
