Sentence examples for listens before from inspiring English sources

Mr. Schwarz "is a believer in participatory democracy, who listens before he decides," she said.

A proud Mississippian, Lewis wears his intellect with quiet southern grace; he listens before speaking and never interrupts.

There's some subtle hooks on this album that you have to sit with over three or four listens before they sink in.

Justin Davis, right, president of Black Students United, adds his thoughts about First Amendment issues and media on campus, as Eric Shive, background, listens before responding.

But this is no cosy bedtime vignette with a yawning, pyjama-clad toddler perched on a parent's knee: Phoebe is 17 years old and she is drinking coffee and eating breakfast as she listens, before heading out to school.

The elderly Englishman in Block C looks up briefly from the stack of papers that is lying on the small wooden table in front of him and listens before he resumes his writing.

If no one was listening before, they are now.

But pretty much all are worth a bit of a listen before moving on.

To those people who haven't given your albums a listen before, why should they?

"The residents have complained for years – but Channel 4 has never listened before".

Someone needs to be available to listen before feelings spiral out of control and morale plummets, says Hoekstra.