Sentence examples for In overheard from inspiring English sources

You see it everywhere, in the laddishness of street behaviour, in the media, in overheard conversations on the bus.

He is therefore in a position to fill in many of the blanks that occur in overheard conversations between people who know each other intimately, but many others are left to the reader.

The world in this section comes through in overheard and half-understood adults' conversations and arguments – his Ugandan mother is attacked by a neighbour: "You Ugandans spoiled your country.

According to the performance assessment carried out through trace-based simulation, the use of our scheme would result in a 57% reduction in the time spent in overhearing, thus leading to an energy saving of 15.8% of the activity time.

"Dialog consists mostly of profanity and repetitive stretches of the low and patronizing humor that some people find in overhearing ignorant and inarticulate unfortunates...

While pretending to nap, James had in fact overheard us discussing in hushed tones how to handle this social conundrum.

Her son-in-law, overhearing this remark, contradicted it, saying, "He got everything right".

Yusef is wrongly accused of having an affair with Zainab, due to his sister-in-law overhearing them speaking.

Two women behind him in line overheard and smiled.

Don Browne, a black staff sergeant in Vietnam, overheard a white soldier protesting that King's image was always on TV.

"TED really gets you thinking about stuff you're not normally interested in," I overheard someone gush.