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Overhearing in a sentence

Overhearing | Overhears | Overhear

Overhearing meaning

present participle and gerund of overhear

Using Overhearing

  • The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of overhear
  • In the example corpus, overhearing often appears in combinations such as: after overhearing, overhearing conversation, overhearing their.

Context around Overhearing

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 28.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 7 start, 10 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Overhearing

  • In this selection, "overhearing" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, recalled, selfie, streets, brad, discussions and sondland stand out and add context to how "overhearing" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include after overhearing mark call and after overhearing their business. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "overhearing" sits close to words such as aal, aalto and aardvark, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with overhearing

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

One of these actions was having Psylocke mindwipe for overhearing their plan to fake their death. (16 words)

After overhearing their business pitch, Swarts was enticed by Haynes’s creativity and Jones’ vision for environmental advocacy. (18 words)

The fear of someone overhearing your business calendar as it’s being read to you should go away with the Surface Headphones. (22 words)

In his 15 November closed door testimony, Holmes said that after overhearing Sondland's phone conversation with Trump at an outdoor restaurant in Kiev, he asked the ambassador if it was true that the president did not care about Ukraine. (40 words)

Batman sneaks into Falcone’s manor, overhearing a plan against Gordon, but is interrupted when Selina Kyle, hoping to build a reputation after her robberies were pinned on Batman, attacks Falcone and his bodyguards, aided from afar by Batman. (39 words)

Wandering through Oxford’s ancient streets, overhearing conversations in a marvelous spectrum of accents — about mathematics and music and the intricacies of Kurdish politics — it’s easy to feel the university rubbing off on you. (35 words)

Example sentences (19)

James Corden from The Late Late Show with James Corden will play a busboy who replenishes the breadsticks and gawks over what he’s overhearing.

According to police, Enguerra briefly left the area to check on a supposed victim of domestic abuse — Cortina’s friend identified as “Bea” — after overhearing their conversation via video call.

He also alleges that Combs hit a producer with a chair after overhearing a conversation between the producer and Porter on a phone line that Combs had allegedly tapped.

Kylie sensationally quit the show this week after overhearing Brad remark that he would 'follow' Mimi's OnlyFans account if she had one in a 'flirty' exchange.

She recalled overhearing discussions between Leonardo and other officials about drug activities at the Davao Penal Colony, specifically mentioning BuCor officers involved in the drug trade who were later killed.

In the final moments of the episode we saw an intoxicated and angry Selfie overhearing that Ric was in a critical condition and making his way to the operating theatre.

Nicole (Arianne Zucker) is closing in on the baby switch thanks to overhearing a conversation between Xander (Paul Telfer) and Dr. Raynor (Victoria Platt).

One of these actions was having Psylocke mindwipe for overhearing their plan to fake their death.

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Overhearing a woman saying something about sex in the Far East, he rushed across the room to start a monologue about 19th-century Japanese porn.

In his 15 November closed door testimony, Holmes said that after overhearing Sondland's phone conversation with Trump at an outdoor restaurant in Kiev, he asked the ambassador if it was true that the president did not care about Ukraine.

Wandering through Oxford’s ancient streets, overhearing conversations in a marvelous spectrum of accents — about mathematics and music and the intricacies of Kurdish politics — it’s easy to feel the university rubbing off on you.

After overhearing Mark call her a “verbally incompetent spinster,” Bridget decides to turn her life around by starting a diary documenting her process to stop smoking, become healthy and find love.

After overhearing their business pitch, Swarts was enticed by Haynes’s creativity and Jones’ vision for environmental advocacy.

In the letter, Patterson claimed Ndume screamed, banged and shoved objects for 14 consecutive hours after overhearing talk of a transfer – behavior the gorilla had never before exhibited at the foundation.

The fear of someone overhearing your business calendar as it’s being read to you should go away with the Surface Headphones.

Batman sneaks into Falcone’s manor, overhearing a plan against Gordon, but is interrupted when Selina Kyle, hoping to build a reputation after her robberies were pinned on Batman, attacks Falcone and his bodyguards, aided from afar by Batman.

Later at that same convention, Nesmith becomes despondent after overhearing attendees speaking of him as a laughing stock by fans and his fellow actors, and he loses his temper with an avid fan, Brandon (Long).

The girls perch in a tree outside of the hospital, overhearing a conversation between their parents and discovering that she has been kept in hospital by a minor cold and is otherwise doing well.

The heroine in The Castle of Wolfenbach, Matilda, seeks refuge after overhearing a conversation in which her Uncle Weimar speaks of plans to rape her.

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Common combinations with overhearing

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "overhearing" in a sentence?
An example: "James Corden from The Late Late Show with James Corden will play a busboy who replenishes the breadsticks and gawks over what he’s overhearing." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "overhearing" from authentic English texts.
What does "overhearing" mean?
Overhearing means: present participle and gerund of overhear
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