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Overhears | Overhear | Overhearing

Overhears meaning

third-person singular simple present indicative of overhear

Using Overhears

  • The main meaning on this page is: third-person singular simple present indicative of overhear
  • In the example corpus, overhears often appears in combinations such as: he overhears, and overhears, overhears her.

Context around Overhears

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 12 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Overhears

  • In this selection, "overhears" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, tyler, alex, character, eugene, peter and jackie stand out and add context to how "overhears" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include abi overhears and sympathises and after she overhears gina and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "overhears" sits close to words such as abadi, acidification and acker, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with overhears

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

However, Kiki will face a close call when Alexis overhears her name. (12 words)

In a key scene, overhears a Conversation Between and TV Producers (Jason Robards). (13 words)

At the Rave'N school dance, Tyler overhears Eugene's plan to visit the monster's cave. (17 words)

The Kindergarten Teacher revolves around its titular character, played by Maggie Gyllenhaal, whose dreams of being a poet drive her to nearly criminal lengths when she overhears a student reciting a poem out of the blue and decides that he must be gifted. (43 words)

David overhears Kylie talking about her one-night stand with Nick, and begins a vendetta on Nick and Leanne, which includes a poison pen letter to Leanne, stolen money, bad reviews on the internet and watering down the spirits at the Bistro. (42 words)

After the ball, in what is now called the "balcony scene", Romeo sneaks into the Capulet orchard and overhears Juliet at her window vowing her love to him in spite of her family's hatred of the Montagues. (38 words)

Example sentences (20)

At the Rave'N school dance, Tyler overhears Eugene's plan to visit the monster's cave.

He overhears Peter on the call to the pawnbroker Peter confesses to Stephen that he pawned the watch but it has been sold.

In the book, Alex overhears Jackie and Cole arguing, with Jackie admitting she has feelings for Cole.

Jack encourages Denise to support Chelsea and keep enemy Ravi close but after she overhears Gina and Anna rowing about Ravi dealing drugs, Denise is desperate to go to the police.

Supertato looks super cute, but just as he’s telling Carrot that he hasn’t always been super, a certain mean, green character overhears him.

Abi overhears and sympathises but Paul comes up with a plan, inviting Abi over and asking her to help him score some drugs.

Funkhouser strolls into Larry’s house while he and Shara are having sex and overhears them, setting up a staredown between the yarmulke-wearing Jew and the Palestinian restaurateur.

Introduced as a foreigner who speaks no English on a fishing trip in rural Georgia, pathologically shy Charlie overhears more than he should.

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She considered him arrogant and Harry, during a secret dive into Snape's old memories, overhears her saying she'd never get with him.

Jaco van der Berg, 35, used almost identical words to describe his reaction to political spats he overhears at Uncommon Ground, which he owns.

She played a young student who overhears a plot to murder an adulterous business magnate (Cooper), and decides to warn him.

Gyllenhaal plays Lisa Spinelli—the kindergarten teacher in question—who one day overhears a five-and-a-half-year-old student, Jimmy (), pacing and reciting a poem after class.

However, Kiki will face a close call when Alexis overhears her name.

In a key scene, overhears a Conversation Between and TV Producers (Jason Robards).

She takes no steps to ensure patient confidentiality behind that partition and, in fact, the workman overhears nearly an entire session.

The Kindergarten Teacher revolves around its titular character, played by Maggie Gyllenhaal, whose dreams of being a poet drive her to nearly criminal lengths when she overhears a student reciting a poem out of the blue and decides that he must be gifted.

After a string of negative reviews in the press, Flo overhears three men in a barber's shop saying that he'll "never produce another hit".

After the ball, in what is now called the "balcony scene", Romeo sneaks into the Capulet orchard and overhears Juliet at her window vowing her love to him in spite of her family's hatred of the Montagues.

David overhears Kylie talking about her one-night stand with Nick, and begins a vendetta on Nick and Leanne, which includes a poison pen letter to Leanne, stolen money, bad reviews on the internet and watering down the spirits at the Bistro.

Escaping a forced betrothal to the loathsome Ahoshta, she joins Shasta on his journey and inadvertently overhears a plot by Rabadash, crown prince of Calormen, to invade Archenland.

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Common combinations with overhears

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "overhears" in a sentence?
An example: "At the Rave'N school dance, Tyler overhears Eugene's plan to visit the monster's cave." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "overhears" from authentic English texts.
What does "overhears" mean?
Overhears means: third-person singular simple present indicative of overhear
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