Sentence examples for gave ear from inspiring English sources

Lawrence's reportorial voice substantiated, as his painting made elegiac, the testimony of people to whom he gave ear.

Northern readers "gave ear" unto Jacobs's testimony in droves; such slave narratives were quite popular, accepted as authentic, first-person accounts by those who knew little about slavery.

It was like a snappish call to attention, an order to begin the marchlike supplication "Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto my cry".

Hear the word of the Lord, You chieftains of Sodom; Give ear to our God's instruction, You folk of Gomorrah!

Do not avert your eyes from the needy, give no one occasion to curse you; for if someone curses you in distress, his Maker will give ear to the imprecation.

Pigs were included in the trial just after weaning at four weeks of age and were given ear tags with an individual number in the same colour.

Be reasonable and avoid meaningless gossips.Try not to give ears to rumors.

He gave one ear of corn to Maico and washed the other down with a second cold glass of beer.

This sound — also slightly delayed — gave the ear and the human brain a sense of where the different instruments were on a bandstand.

He gave my ear a pretty good scorching.

Historians have speculated that van Gogh gave his ear to a madame of the brothel at 1 Rue Bout d'ArlesIf.