Sentence examples for when they overhear from inspiring English sources
Those who have studied French but haven't been in France for a while may find themselves confused when they overhear conversations that sound familiar but remain largely incomprehensible.
The title comes from the children's temporary home: when they overhear their estranged grandfather, a wealthy, bitter man, planning to send them to various boarding schools, they run away and take shelter in an abandoned boxcar.
They went on talking about this for a considerable time, in low voices, but so forcefully that people passing through the car sometimes looked surprised, or even offended, as people can when they overhear debates that seem unnecessarily abstract.
That's happened before, when smart assistants get confused when they overhear words on the television or radio, and suddenly and without warning purchase items from Amazon.
Abe and Jill are talking in a diner when they overhear a tearful divorcee lamenting that she could lose custody of her children to her shiftless husband, not because she has done anything wrong, but because her husband's lawyer is friendly with an unprincipled judge.
They said they were in the room with several of your friends when they overheard two doctors ask if you had ever used performance-enhancing drugs.
Last month, as the president spoke at a ceremony in Konya, his bodyguards detained a spectator when they overheard him recounting a theft incident at his grandchild's school.
Ms. Sirotkin, who is Jewish, and her husband, Robert Pflieger, a Catholic, were delighted when they overheard their two older children, Jack, 7, and Katie, 4, discussing God.
No matter: they made and served us our meals at a leisurely pace, and when they overheard us say that the lighting was awfully bright, the chandeliers were instantly turned off.
When they overheard a reporter from a pro-government television station broadcasting live from their midst, they chased him and his team away.
The RNLI said the crew of Sheerness lifeboat were receiving training in their boathouse when they overheard discussions between the barge and the Coastguard.
