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Example sentences for "eavesdrop"

Lexicographically close words:
eau; eave; eaved; eaven; eaves; eavesdropper; eavesdroppers; eavesdropping; eavy; eawt
  1. Let us hope that Eavesdrop will sketch off Henbane, and that Henbane will poison him for his trouble.

  2. Mr. Eavesdrop hoped the particulars of his fate would be ascertained; and asked if anyone present could help him to any authentic anecdotes of their departed friend.

  3. One would have been glad of a chance to eavesdrop again upon those two; but there was no vacant place within earshot of their table.

  4. Also, you may have heard that the FBI has an electronic gadget so sensitive that it can eavesdrop on the conversations of crooks, even though they may be sitting in a boat half a mile from shore.

  5. But, after you do that, nobody can eavesdrop on you unless.

  6. He could do without the entertainment she provided, but it would be inconvenient doing without the information she let him eavesdrop on.

  7. The woods were open enough there was no point in leaving the road to try to eavesdrop on them; if he were close enough to understand words, he'd be close enough to see.

  8. Will you let me eavesdrop behind these portieres?

  9. I simply couldn't let you walk in on us, after I'd permitted you to eavesdrop while he was talking, without first saying the one thing that would convince him that I believed in his innocence and hadn't set a trap for him.

  10. Did you learn how to eavesdrop in a correspondence school or did it just come naturally?

  11. One doesn't have to eavesdrop when you're around, Bobby," returned Hamlin.


  12. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "eavesdrop" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    attend; bug; eavesdrop; hark; hear; hearken; heed; intercept; listen; tap