Sentence examples for closed listening from inspiring English sources

In the last sublime moments of the work, when the pianist does not play, Mr. Serkin sat upright, eyes closed, listening with Buddha-like contemplation.

The last word in this show's silliness, and the moment that made me laugh most this week: as Maya's life is falling down around her, she peers round the living room door – and spies Nick, serene, eyes closed, listening to Bob Marley's Redemption Song, in 2016.

Domino artist Villagers has pulled out all the stops for his advent calendar entry with a detailed run through every song on his playlist... Ben E King – Stand By Me I have a vivid childhood memory of hiding under the table with my eyes closed listening to this song.

Often, Guidara, a gregarious man of thirty-two who dresses in dark suits and ties, will enter and stand for a moment in the restaurant's foyer with his eyes closed, listening to the buzz of conversation, the clink of cutlery, and the murmur of his service team moving among the tables; he says that he can tell from the sound of the room how the restaurant is doing.

After a few moments of laying on my back, eyes closed, listening to the drumming, a hot warm light came through the top of my head, traveled down my body and then stopped above my uterus, humming with a warm golden yellow light.

"That would be poetic justice," he said with a laugh, as his wife, Sandra, who was a sophomore at Scott when it closed, listened.

"I want you to use that big brain of yours, mouth closed, listen," Brannon told him.

Participants were asked to keep their eyes closed, listen passively to the numbers, and press a button at the beginning and end of each run.

It required -- and repaid -- close listening.

Some of the guests moved close, listening, too.

These mentions are the only indication of heart on this album, which barely rewards close listening.