This page shows Hear in 20 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like receive or examine. Useful when writing or proofreading a text.

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Hear in a sentence

Hear | Heart | Heard | Hearing | Hearts | Hearings | Heartbreaking | Heartfelt | Hearted

Hear meaning

  1. To perceive sounds through the ear.
  2. To perceive (a sound, or something producing a sound) with the ear, to recognize (something) in an auditory way.
  3. To exercise this faculty intentionally; to listen to.

Synonyms of Hear

pick up receive examine probe try see discover get a line find out get wind get word learn comprehend perceive listen

Hear in Dutch

Example sentences (20)

A BBC spokesperson said it was “very sorry” to hear of the allegations and is investigating the claims.

You hear their "ums" and "uhs," you hear their hesitation — and that goes for all of us on the call, including me.

And, as the old soldiers would say, you are lucky if you hear it, because you never hear what actually kills you.

Actually, it’s an intrusion of privacy that you can hear through a drone that can hear you, not unlike my Halo.

But I didn't hear you, maybe I missed it, but I didn't hear you talk too much about the roll-to-roll systems.

Number one is I hope we're going to hear about every contract, say, why don't we hear about all these reseller contracts?

I can hear it through the wall- my bedbound mum watches this, and the only sounds I can hear from the broadcast are these!

They tune into a music station to hear music, not to hear some DJ talk about stuff that's personal to him.

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And from what I hear — and I hear it pretty good, the intelligence people — many of them — didn’t believe it happened at all.

I hear heavy breathing coming from all around me, and I can hear the two-ton bastards starting to move.

According to Chakwera after learning that the police acted upon Kayuni’s complaint to arrest Chizuma, he summoned him to hear his side of the story.

I dunno, but every time I hear "park ranger" I can't help but hear in my head, Yogi telling Boo-boo to steal a picky-nick basket.

Aden Shannon said he would never hear the last of it if Flint Mountain would have suffered a defeat at a NFA side managed by friend Niall McGuinness.

Similarly, the local courts hear claims of a limited dollar amount, or hear specific types of cases.

Bring it on, Paula,Alide, Feli, Bright, Khumbo, Tambulasi, Muhome, Hear Hear, Time to hang a thief.

I can still hear the sounds of the compression pump on her chest, and all I wanted was to hear the beep, but it was just a flatline.

Oblast level courts hear more serious criminal cases and also hear cases in rural areas where no local courts have been established.

You hear bad news, but you don’t want to hear what you just heard, so you ask them to repeat it.

When we hear about the climate, we hear about something far away in space, think Arctic ice, polar bears, far away in time, think 2100.

Additional Sessions Judge Shailender Malik, who was scheduled to hear the arguments on framing charges in the matter, adjourned the matter for February 15.

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Common combinations with hear

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • to hear 125×
  • hear the 33×
  • hear about 19×
  • hear from 18×
  • and hear 15×
  • hear it 15×
  • you hear 14×
  • can hear 14×
  • hear what 13×
  • we hear 10×

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "hear" in a sentence?
An example: "A BBC spokesperson said it was “very sorry” to hear of the allegations and is investigating the claims." This page contains 20 example sentences with the word "hear" from real English texts.
What does "hear" mean?
Hear means: To perceive sounds through the ear.
What are synonyms of "hear"?
Common synonyms of "hear" include: pick up, receive, examine, probe, try, see, discover, get a line. Plus 7 more synonyms.
What is "hear" in Dutch?
"hear" translates to Dutch as: horen.
How many example sentences with "hear" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 20 example sentences with "hear", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.

About these examples

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