How to Use eavesdrop in a Sentence

eavesdrop

verb

• The cells of your body constantly eavesdrop on your thoughts from the wings of your mind.
  — Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2024
• The cells of your body constantly eavesdrop on your thoughts from the wings of your mind.
  — Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 10 Aug. 2022
• Lying in a tree above a path, the cat eavesdrops on people walking through the park.
  — Ron Charles, Washington Post, 30 May 2023
• Dan Werthimer has spent more than four decades trying to eavesdrop on aliens.
  — Denise Chow, NBC News, 2 July 2022
• Here are steps to take to stop your device from eavesdropping.
  — Fox News Staff, Fox News, 12 Sep. 2023
• Birds and bats also eavesdrop when searching for mates and food.
  — Max G. Levy, Wired, 9 Sep. 2021
• The waitress had no more excuses to linger and eavesdrop.
  — Seija Rankin, EW.com, 20 Aug. 2021
• Turn down the volume on your headphones to eavesdrop on convos.
  — Jelani Addams Rosa, Seventeen, 12 May 2017
• Turn down the volume on your headphones to eavesdrop on convos.
  — Jelani Addams Rosa, Seventeen, 13 June 2018
• Insider Tip: Grab a seat on the front deck and ham it up with the locals, eavesdropping on the town gossip.
  — Michelle Gross, Travel + Leisure, 10 June 2023
• Fans have also been able to eavesdrop through the streaming platform Twitch.
  — NBC News, 13 Apr. 2020
• That’s why Haskins’s idea to eavesdrop on the huddle matters.
  — Albert Breer, SI.com, 15 Aug. 2019
• As the mice watched the film clip, scientists eavesdropped on each one’s visual cortex.
  — Sharon Begley, STAT, 16 Dec. 2019
• Eavesdrop on the wildlife that call this natural habitat home.
  — NOLA.com, 7 July 2017
• The spyware can then eavesdrop or steal data from your device.
  — Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2021
• Bong: Characters have to eavesdrop and spy on each other.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 15 Oct. 2019
• Imagine a mischievous imp lurking in the shadows, eager to eavesdrop on your whispers to the AI or peek at its replies.
  — Moran Zavdi, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
• Can lions eavesdrop on the calls of their competitors, the beautiful African wild dogs?
  — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 15 May 2010
• Green eavesdropped near the bench for several seconds until an official ran from the far side of the floor to pull Green away from the sideline.
  — Christopher Dabe, NOLA.com, 9 May 2018
• The user would know their account has been compromised—no-one can eavesdrop.
  — Zak Doffman, Forbes, 15 May 2021
• According to Dennis, the Reaper can eavesdrop on the enemy from beyond their range of fire.
  — Alex Hollings, Popular Mechanics, 20 Sep. 2021
• Five out of six brands tested by researchers would have allowed hackers to track kids—and in some cases eavesdrop on them.
  — Andy Greenberg, Wired, 10 Sep. 2020
• You have been invited to eavesdrop on a great man’s birthday party.
  — Ben Brantley, New York Times, 30 Oct. 2017
• Some versions of the technology can also be used to eavesdrop on calls.
  — Matt Zapotosky, chicagotribune.com, 4 Apr. 2018
• As Caprioni implies that Shay comes on a bit strong in the beginning, Maloney eavesdrops on Boyens’ less-than-kind words about her friend.
  — Jodi Guglielmi, PEOPLE.com, 7 Jan. 2020
• The Jazz Ear lets readers eavesdrop on some of the most insightful conversations with the genre's greatest stars.
  — Billboard, 6 Apr. 2021
• If the judge rules this was a case of one private person eavesdropping on another, then this case moves forward.
  — CBS News, 11 Apr. 2018
• Maybe the assassins were ordered to stand down … or maybe the Soviets made up the entire story, in order to eavesdrop on FDR.
  — Jim Axelrod, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2023
• All the best intentions about not eavesdropping are difficult to uphold when a stranger in close radius has the volume turned way up.
  — Felecia Wellington Radel, USA TODAY, 24 June 2024
• The researchers allowed their virtual insects to eavesdrop on each other.
  — Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Nov 2024