Sentence examples for give ear from inspiring English sources

The phrase "give ear" does not appear in modern written English.
It is an archaic and poetic phrase, used to mean to listen or to pay attention. It appears in some old English texts, like the King James Bible. For example: "Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth." - King James Bible, Deuteronomy 32:1.

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give ear

verb

To listen: to devote one's attention to an auditory event.

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Verse - "Give ear unto a maid,".

Verse - "Attend you and give ear a while,".

Verse - "All Christian men give ear a while to me,".

Verse - "Both young and old, both rich and poor give ear,".

A New Ballad, to the tune of, Good People give ear, while a story I tell.. or, Packington's Pound.

This the diviners declared to portend revolt and rebellion, for that the subjects would no longer give ear to the commands of their superiors.

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

They gave ear to Hector with his evil counsel, but the wise words of Polydamas no man would heed.

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

One new music title from the company, called Jam Sessions, gives ear training lessons and teaches guitar chord changes to popular songs by artists like Beck and Bob Dylan.

Marcus on hearing this appealed to them to pray to their God; and when they had prayed, their God immediately gave ear and smote the enemy with a thunderbolt and comforted the Romans with a shower of rain.

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