HEAR in a Sentence

Learn HEAR from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
362 example sentences for HEAR, such as:
1. I'm pleased to hear about your news.
2. I can hear somebody moving about upstairs.
3. I don't want to hear any more of your lies.
4. He could hear someone moving around in the room above.
5. I could hear the thud of horses' hooves down the track.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of HEAR
hear
 v.  get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
 v.  perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Prepare to hear of occurrences which are usually deemed marvellous.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Letter 4
2  "Don't believe everything you hear, Nick," he advised me.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
3  I tried to go then, but they wouldn't hear of it; perhaps my presence made them feel more satisfactorily alone.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
4  I hardly know where I am when I hear about a thing like this and am completely knocked down and out.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
5  I didn't hear the rest of the name because I hung up the receiver.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
6  I didn't want to hear it and I avoided him when I got off the train.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
7  One night I did hear a material car there and saw its lights stop at his front steps.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
8  Very well, and very happy, only a little uneasy that they hear from you so seldom.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
9  But now, Pearl, I hear a footstep along the path, and the noise of one putting aside the branches.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XVI. A FOREST WALK
10  "I joy to hear it," answered the physician.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XX.THE MINISTER IN A MAZE
11  Laughing so shrilly that all the market-place could hear her, the weird old gentlewoman took her departure.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XXII. THE PROCESSION
12  But it would have broke MY heart, had I loved him, to hear him read with so little sensibility.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 3
13  Elinor smiled again, to hear her sister describing so accurately their future expenses at Combe Magna.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 17
14  Remember me with affection, should you never hear from me again.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Letter 2
15  But Marianne seemed hardly to hear her, and on Mrs. Jennings's entrance, escaped with the precious card.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 27
Example Sentence: (152 in 11 pages)
1  We're sorry to hear that your father's in hospital again.
2  I'm pleased to hear about your news.
3  The two of them went everywhere together and their friends could already hear wedding bells.
4  I can hear somebody moving about upstairs.
5  He could hear someone moving around in the room above.
6  I don't want to hear any more of your lies.
7  It is desperately sad news and I am absolutely shattered to hear it.
8  The police are anxious to hear from anyone who may know the whereabouts of the firearms.
9  One cannot do a foolish thing once in one's life, but one must hear of it a hundred times.
10  He glanced about to make sure that the audience were ready to hear his speech.
11  He glanced round to make sure that the audience were ready to hear his speech.
12  My wife and I are very delighted to hear the news of your marriage.
13  I could hear the thud of horses' hooves down the track.
14  A man has two ears and one mouth that he may hear much and speak little.
15  Nature has given us two ears, two eyes, and but one tongue, to the end that we should hear and see more than we speak.