Sentence examples for poor listener from inspiring English sources
A poor listener is not necessarily an unintelligent person.
At one meeting, an inmate pointed out that John was a poor listener, a moving cloud of frantic energy.
He had a talent for theatre, Albright notes, and was a poor listener who disliked hearing other people talk.
Where those in favour and those against generally agreed, however, was that she indeed had a reputation for being remote, moody and a poor listener.
She felt he had trouble taking orders, that he was a poor listener, that he often bypassed her and dealt with her boss.
By contrast, poor listeners were seen as competitive — as listening only to identify errors in reasoning or logic, using their silence as a chance to prepare their next response.
Learners achieve greatly varying levels of success in L2 listening; some are skilled listeners while others often remain poor listeners.
Few people describe themselves as poor listeners.
So rap fans must be either very poor listeners or fairly sophisticated ones — much more likely the latter.
The cardinal sin of poor listeners is to hijack the conversation as soon as their interlocutor pauses for breath.
