Sentence examples for we listen less from inspiring English sources

Watching a straight drama or comedy, we listen less for literary invention — the moments when language exists for its own sake, its own pleasure — than for themes and plot points that not only move the story along but also give us the sense, once the curtain falls, that the play has been a gratifying experience.

Does our frenetic connectedness mean that we actually hear more but listen less?

"I listen less and less," Mushnick said.

"Doris" has some sex — all of it consensual — little violence, and, the more you listen, less and less to do with "Earl".

I listen less to the Beatles now, but they were and will always be part of my life, as they are for so many others.

"I've always been taught to listen less to what a person says and watch more what they do," she said.

"I hope that he would listen less to some of the more extreme voices in the administration and more to what I hope would be her moderate counsel," Mr. Reid said of Mr. Bush's relationship with Mrs. Whitman.

That Ukip is, in Peter Oborne's words, essentially "the Conservative party in exile" has been the conventional wisdom of the commentariat, including those Tories who'd like their leadership to listen less to Clegg.

Run to the nearest peak and herald to all that will listen: "Less is more!

4) You listen less and talk more.

In my experience, though, more often than not, today's students are inclined to listen less because they place a lower value on absorbing (learning) information.