Sentence examples for were overheard from inspiring English sources

They were overheard, and their gesture led to prison sentences.

People were overheard saying that they didn't "get it".

"You were overheard saying you'd kill for a good tomato".

The trio were overheard checking their stories with each other.

Officers were overheard on police radio channels reporting that they were pinned down by gunfire.

Drama in "The Truth" unfolds as if it were overheard, and is not described explicitly.

During the group's visit, other visitors were overheard scoffing at upcharges.

The senior intelligence officer told me that Iranian operatives were overheard talking minutes before the assassination.

A young couple were overheard deep in conversation on the top of a Fifth Avenue bus.

Those conversations were overheard by U.S. intelligence services, The Cable has learned.

Iranian nuclear officials were overheard complaining about the suspension of the military program.