How to Use earful in a Sentence

earful

noun

• He gave me an earful.
• I got an earful about what a bad job I had done.
• Tillerson is sure to hear an earful about the issue in the days, weeks, months and years ahead.
  — Josh Lederman and Matthew Lee, chicagotribune.com, 2 June 2017
• Finn sat him down at a table and got an earful that day.
  — Steve Hartman, CBS News, 14 June 2019
• From coast to coast, CBS News got an earful from voters on all sides.
  — Dean Reynolds, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2019
• Between Doc and CP3, his close friend, Melo would move the ball or get an earful.
  — Mark Heisler, Orange County Register, 28 Jan. 2017
• Flyers coach Dave Hakstol gave the refs an earful while the fans howled as the hits were shown on replay.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 23 Apr. 2018
• After neighbors gave her an earful, said Sayles, the project was redesigned and scaled down.
  — Robin Abcarian, latimes.com, 9 July 2017
• The group got quite an earful from the public last night in its first stop on a citywide listening tour.
  — Ray Boyd, Philly.com, 26 Apr. 2018
• The head of Nissan got an earful over low profits (among other gripes).
  — The Economist, 28 June 2019
• Cardboard Chuck Schumer heard an earful as the townhall turned into a protest.
  — Jeet Heer, The New Republic, 3 July 2018
• Meyers got taken out of the game and got a deserved earful from Josh McDaniels.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 31 Dec. 2019
• No time is wasted by players running to the sidelines to get an earful from the coaching staff.
  — New York Times, 15 Nov. 2021
• Lynch and the Raiders fans then taunted Peters and gave him an expletive-laced earful.
  — Geoffrey C. Arnold, OregonLive.com, 20 Oct. 2017
• Alone under a spotlight for his 30-minute set, Starlite got an earful.
  — Jeremy Hallock, Dallas News, 23 Feb. 2020
• Ronnie wakes up in a jail cell — post-bender — and after getting an earful from Det.
  — Nina Metz, chicagotribune.com, 9 June 2019
• After the play, Biesterfeld whipped his cap off and gave Pilon an earful.
  — Tony Baranek, Daily Southtown, 31 May 2017
• The president got an earful, according to Sanders, and told them to put their concerns in writing.
  — Jonathan Lemire and Nancy Benac, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 May 2017
• Cole made the tackle near his father on the Jourdanton’s sidelines and got an earful from his father.
  — David Hinojosa, ExpressNews.com, 27 Aug. 2020
• The host Redwings got off to an awful shooting start and were getting an earful of taunts from Nazareth’s student section.
  — Matt Le Cren, chicagotribune.com, 25 Jan. 2022
• And in less than a week, the president has heard more than an earful from millions of people around the world who oppose his decision.
  — Rex Crum, The Mercury News, 2 Feb. 2017
• For now, Vajdich is stuck watching a war laying waste to Ukraine — and yelling into the phone at home, where everyone gets an earful.
  — Manuel Roig-Franzia, Washington Post, 11 July 2022
• After Tucker gave him an earful, the officials gave Harris the boot.
  — Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 12 Oct. 2019
• In all likelihood, all the old baseball men are getting an earful in their sky boxes from Russ today.
  — Bill Livingston, cleveland.com, 24 Oct. 2017
• That brought the winning run to the plate in the form of Braun, who'd given home plate umpire Jeff Kellogg an earful after being called out on strikes his previous at-bat in the eighth.
  — Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2018
• Ministers must prepare for an earful, and be prepared to suck it all up from the public with grace and humility.
  — Christine Loh, Time, 7 Sep. 2019
• Each of these flag officers had an earful of advice for those still serving on active duty.
  — Charles Beames, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2021
• Now, the bigger irritation is when one of his teammates is getting an earful.
  — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2021
• This elegantly shambolic, tin-sided corner bar is the spot to get an earful of Natchez’s best up-and-coming musicians.
  — Jim Beaugez, Rolling Stone, 1 Aug. 2022
• For the past two Mondays, city officials have received an earful from upset rental agencies, business owners and residents.
  — al, 7 Dec. 2021

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024