He sat silent and thoughtful, by the reeking board, listening to the murmur of the wind, as it sighed among the boughs of the trees in the adjacent forest of Ardennes.
They sat in tender proximity to each other, and Bettina was listening to Egbert's eloquent story of the olden times, and of the many chivalric deeds for which the neighborhood of this spot was celebrated.
Together with the baron and his daughter, there sat upon a dais, at the head of the board, several guests of distinction-all listening with intense eagerness to the tales of the exploits of the Crusaders, in battling for the holy sepulchre.
The manager stood listening to it attentively, and as the rich, clear tones of the girl dwelt on the lower notes, or rose with a birdlike gush to the higher ones, he could scarce restrain some display of his delight.
Sea-bird," he said at last hoarsely, after they had waited for a few moments, listening for a repetition of the cry.
The boys stayed there some time listening to the clinking sound, and then, feeling obliged to go, they hurried away.
You should enjoy reading or listening to this book very much--as much, I hope, as the editor of it has done.
They stood fast, listeningto the strange murmuring noise that came whispering along.
But there was no news, and she always shrank back again, to seat herself in a corner of the shed, as if desirous of being alone, and to avoid listening to the words of comfort others were eager to utter.
Then all stood silent, listening to the echoes which died away in the distance, making some of the experienced miners, accustomed as they were to such underground journeys, shiver and look strange.
Joe, who stood listening with his face all wrinkled over.
There was no answer, and the boy stood staring about him with every sense strained, listening intently; but no further sound was heard, and the man laid his hand upon the boy's arm.
Remeses joined me while I was watching the scene, and listening to the grand waves of harmony as they rolled away from the temple and sounded along the air in majestic volumes of sound.
The following week, I retired with Moses to the mountains, and here I pass my days, listening to his sublime teachings.
I have sailed along those shores, if I may be so bold as to speak in such a presence, my lord prince," interrupted the captain of the galley, who had stood by listening to our discourse.
She found herself listening in ever-deepening horror for that turn of the handle which should signal the coming of the man for whom they both waited.
He placed a chair for her, and stood in a listening attitude.
However, the men who were listening gathered from what she said that I was not coming back, and they gave it up and stole out.
Then I had the idea of carrying on some imaginary conversation with you, which would induce the man who was listening to go away.
By now, Snow had explained the situation somewhat to the guard, I guess, because she and he came abreast of me and stopped, listening to Baxter's threat.
She was staring at me, her eyes disconcertingly steady, just waiting for me to complete my lie, hardly listening to me.
Charlie and the other Security Agent, whose name turned out to be Foster, sat stolidly listening as I recounted events since I'd last seen them.
Did you ever, when listening to it, consider that your interest in its enunciation of principles was merely incidental, not direct?
They were in a thicket at this time, and listening intently.
A slight nod of the gentleman's head toward the corner of the room was promptly responded to by one of the company, whom I had observed listening more intently, if possible, than the rest, to the opening address.
No one could believe, while listening to him, that storms of passion and hatred and fear had torn him, or the overwhelming longing he had suffered at the thought of Cassandra.
Then she would lean over her baby's cradle, and hear his soft breathing, trying to make herself think she was listening for that and not for David's step.
Old Sally sat crouched by the hearth intently listening and asking as naive questions as the child, whose pallid face grew pink and animated, and whose eyes grew larger as he strove to see with inward vision the things Thryng described.
During the night, in a moment of wakefulness, a steady rumbling noise, the rush of distant water, had struck on my listening ear, and I was accordingly prepared to find a further rise in the river at daylight.
While I was still listening and wondering what could be the matter, Guillaume came hurriedly into the room and cried: 'The convicts and the soldiers have mutinied, and are firing on the lower town.
But last evening I asked myself, watching her and listening to her talk, 'If Jessie were now free, should I press her to be my wife?
Giving way to equal indignation against Florentius and Barchalbas, though they delivered up Procopius, he instantly ordered them also to be slain, without listening to reason.
Yet the older men were listening to him with serious faces.
Ralph Marshall had been listening to his two friends, without entering into the conversation, but he now shrugged his shoulders.
It was occurring to Ralph Marshall, as he stood absorbedly listening to the youthful speaker, that Billy Webster was discussing in a simple, school-boy fashion certain of the biggest social problems of the day.
He was gazing silently at the girl as she sobbed and wept before the old man, listening evidently with interest to all she said, and with a look of sympathy on his face for the evident distress of mind she was in.
The child was listeningto this remarkable dialogue, and trying to understand.
Nay, I have even felt something like excitement whenlistening to political speeches, in which frequent mention was made of 'the great State of Pennsylvania.
When he had anything of importance to say, Mr. Boddy came to a stand, and Lydia would bend a little forward, listening to him so attentively that she was quite unaware of the glances of those who passed by.
He delighted in this subject, and had an inexpressible pleasure in listening continuously to the speech of a cultivated man.
Paula waslistening intently, but as one who hears of strange, far-off things, very difficult of realisation.
I lay awake for a long time, listening to the bells, watching Rosa's picture flickering on the bulkhead as the screw below me shook the ship.
Sometimes, away out East, when I've been drowsing in a hammock listening to the sweat dripping on the deck and watching the blue hills in the distance, it has come upon me.
I'd walk up and down the promenade deck listening to the beat of the twin-engines, wondering if the Second was a good man .
Once again I had the feeling of listening to an automaton.
It was as though one were listening to the cheering of innumerable myriads on another planet.
Time was needed, moreover, for us to adjust our feelings towards him, to comprehend fully the peculiar circumstances that, while we had been listening to the story of Rosa, she herself had been in the next house.
But why,' he repeated, after looking at me nervously for a long time andlistening to my words.
I used to wonder what he was thinking about while he stood waiting on us, listening to our engine-room gossip, our talk of ships and the sea.
A noble Athenian, named Callimachus, was the War-Ruler of this year; and as such, stood listening to the earnest discussion of the ten generals.
Every one was listening to a story which old General Turnbull was telling.
Asleep, jest as I thought," he told himself, after listening to the boy's breathing.
At once the guilty fellow turned his head to learn who waslistening to the conversation.
And we should all endeavour to prepare ourselves for these changes, by listening with sympathy to the manner in which they have affected others.
There are people who set themselves against listening to any thing that can possibly excite melancholy or painful feelings; and profess to hear nothing that may give them a sad or unpleasant sensation.
Eavesdropping or listening beneath an open window, the crack of a door, or through a key-hole, are as dishonourable as to pick pockets.
After listening awhile, he told her that a ball-room was no place for such discussions, and made his bow and left her.
Again, in listening to a woman of real wit, you will see that it is her hearers who laugh, and not herself.
Do not nod your head, or beat time with fan or foot whilelistening to music.
But those who had listening ears and clear insight, listened not to such misleading speeches, but realized the Messiah as the rising Sun with His effulgent face, and that the radiance of His illumination was diffused over the whole world.
We enjoyed listening to her story, as an earnest, christian spirit was so plainly visible through it all, and we repeat it to show how God can and will care for his children when they call upon him.
But, after listening a few seconds longer, his eyes had in them the beginnings of timidity.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "listening" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
