Sentence examples for strain your ears from inspiring English sources

You strain your ears, desperate to hear a cry of "Mine!" from square-leg, the wicketkeeper, mid-on, a man out walking his alsatian, a mother with twins in a pushchair, an urchin queueing for an ice-cream van in a nearby lane.

You take in a big breath and strain your ears to listen to what the people are saying.

You'll take a step through a door, pause, glance behind you, peer mistrustfully at a figure slumped behind a table, take another step, suck in your breath, strain your ears for ominous rustles of movement.

Had you strained your ears in New York on Monday night you might just have heard the sound of a thousand theatre critics cracking their knuckles in relish.

And, if you strained your ears, the occasional buzz of a distant moto ridden by a youth briefly taking a break from the local tradition of eating crisps in a bus stop.

They just rest on your head and pipe music directly into your brain without straining your ears or head at all.

Enchant and lure your love without straining your throat or bystanders' ears by picking a love song that is easy to sing.

This will enable the solution to sink in to your affected ear without straining your neck by trying to hold it tilted while sitting or standing.

Other high points include a reduced sound pressure level, meaning less strain on your ears.

The Bose noise cancelling headphones reduce that even more such that the drive to and from the airport puts more strain on your ears than the flight itself.

You are, in fact, much more likely to be straining with your ear-trumpet at new movies by Michael Mann and Martin Scorsese with their mumbling mobsters and wise guys.