Sentence examples for just overheard from inspiring English sources
"just overheard" is a correct and usable phrase in written English
It means to have heard something by chance or accidentally. Example: "I was walking down the street when I just overheard a snippet of an interesting conversation between two strangers."
"I just overheard some people talking," I say.
I just overheard Art this morning quoting Chris Ware that newsprint was the fiber optics of the 20th century.
I just overheard Hilto saying Dave was going to have a Christmas party after all.
The source says police "look nervous", adding: "I've just overheard them asking for more officers".
"What is a barrister?" asked my six-year-old daughter, who had just overheard me use the word on the telephone.
I have just overheard him say he can't take on any more work - and that clinches it.
Just overhearing a whisper of potential rebellion puts you in danger, because even if you have no personal involvement, you now have information the state wants.
But we have a privacy-based expectation that when we speak to our friends or colleagues the people three tables down aren't just overhearing (they might have to if I'm being loud!) but recording the communication for purposes I wouldn't approve of".
Given that Ron Atkinson had just been overheard referring to someone as "a fucking lazy, thick nigger", you might think the answer to the titular inquiry was "yes".
On Tuesday, we start Stoptober, an initiative launched by Public Health England to encourage people to quit, and helpfully the coolest man on the planet, Barack Obama, has just been overheard telling a UN official that he hasn't smoked for years.
Master networkers constantly reach out to those around them, even in ways others might consider rude or just impractical like overhearing a conversation at a restaurant or café and joining in.
