Sentence examples for eavesdrop on something from inspiring English sources

You can hear echoes of their debut album, Second Annual Report, in the muffled production, and in the way the vocals are frequently distorted with electronic effect and buried within the mix, so the listener has to strain to hear them – as if trying to eavesdrop on something deeply unpleasant.

One was like a gala performance on a world stage; the other felt like eavesdropping on something intensely personal.

I was listening to the John Abercrombie Quartet and suddenly I was eavesdropping on something incredibly articulate and deep".

With the audience at eye level with the actors, he said, the small space "creates a sense of a cabal and that you're eavesdropping on something that you shouldn't be listening in on".

Plants eavesdrop on one another benignly and malignly.

In his comments Thursday, Stern said, "If a team was doing something to eavesdrop on other players, they would be sanctioned, because it would be against our rules".

"If a team was using something to eavesdrop on other players, they would be sanctioned, because it would be against our rules".

For proof that the need is real, walk into any bar and eavesdrop on a conversation between 20-somethings with their smartphones handy.

Could a hacker tap into one or all of them and eavesdrop on me?

Crowe's game is something novelists are adept at playing: it's their business to invade the brains of strangers, eavesdrop on their thoughts and ventriloquistically dictate the words they utter.

If you still want some privacy, pick something like a park bench, where people will be close by, but not close enough to eavesdrop on your conversation.