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Example sentences for "our ears"

  • For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.

  • And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears.

  • Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.

  • May the sound ever reverberate in our ears and be engraven upon our hearts, 'Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.

  • And in our ears, louder than the vibrations of the hamlet bell, louder than the bird-notes and the tumult of the voluptuous insect whirr, there rang the thud, thud of cruel blows falling on quivering human flesh.

  • Descending to the street, wrapped in the recollections of the gorgeous poem whose beauties still echo in our ears, we are vulgar enough to relish hot sausages and Bavarian beer.

  • We waken with the sweet music of bells in our ears; bells that whisper to us of devotion; bells that thrill us with a calm delight, and raise up in us thoughts of gentleness and charity.

  • Those half-draped, yet gaping doors, have no attractions for us; those whining notes of soulless music find no echo in our ears or hearts.

  • A light padding upon the gravel came to our ears.

  • With such an avowal ringing in our ears, it was too much to expect that he would remember that he had ordered the tea, and had personally consumed seven cakes, not counting the apricot tart.

  • But what are those sweet sounds still ringing in our ears?

  • Our ears report to our brain the air waves until they reach a frequency of forty thousand in a second, and we call the sensation sound.

  • As we entered the atmosphere of the planet, the rush of air increased till it seemed as if a hundred Niagaras were sounding in our ears.

  • It swirls, and pants, and foams, while high above it all we stand, our faces wet with the spray, our ears deafened by the terrible roar.

  • They emerged from every side street and alley, thrusting dirty hands into our faces, and repeating twice-told tales in our ears, until we were thankful when oblivion and the shadow of the hotel fell upon us.

  • The droning sound swelled louder upon our ears until it became one long, deep wail of distress.

  • And yet the cottage was not deserted, for a low sound came to our ears--a kind of drone of misery and despair which was indescribably melancholy.

  • There was a long pause, during which we held our breath, and then a very gentle creaking sound came to our ears.

  • We could hear the Cossacks shouting to each other above, and their savage yell when they discovered their slain comrade smote wildly on our ears.

  • Here the rumour of a story beyond belief comes on our ears; Helenus son of Priam is reigning over Greek towns, master of the bride and sceptre of Pyrrhus the Aeacid; and Andromache hath again fallen to a husband of her people.

  • We sink low on the ground, and a voice is borne to our ears: "Stubborn race of Dardanus, the same land that bore you by parentage of old shall receive you again on her bountiful breast.

  • Let us hear that ringing voice ringing always in our ears, 'Preach thou the gospel of the kingdom.

  • That loving invitation is ever sounding in our ears.

  • To seek thus for ease from the stings of conscience, is like trying to silence a buzzing in the head by standing beside Niagara thundering in our ears.

  • It is always difficult enough for Christian men to ascertain, in perplexed circumstances, the clear path of duty; but it is impossible if, along with His voice, we let the buzz of the crowd be audible in our ears.

  • There was not only the roll of the heavy guns and mortars, but the sharp rattle of musketry, and the hiss of the huge rocket, as it cut through the air with its brilliant light, sounded in our ears.

  • Here first we heard the sound of distant cannonades, borne thus far to our ears by the stillness of the night--a sound which told us that our comrades before Delhi were still holding their position against the enemy.

  • A quarter of an hour passed, and then another detonation similar to the first sounded in our ears on the left rear flank, followed, as before, by a dense cloud of smoke.

  • The keynote of the whole music dimly sounding in our ears is struck.

  • There was a stream of sound in our ears, and in my brain a rhythmic dance of beauties caught through the long-drawn glorious golden autumn-day.

  • They yelled and shouted, one could see it by their open mouths and glittering eyes; but not a sound from human lungs could reach our ears.

  • Sitting and musing there, the blackness of the water whispers in our ears a tale of death.

  • It was the work of a few minutes, and the yell of the flying Indians was still ringing in our ears when we dashed up to the combatants in order to help Tiger.

  • The danger grew every minute, for the yell of the cannibal horde, borne on the breeze, was already echoing in our ears.

  • I could almost have fancied that they were fire-flies had not the flashes been accompanied by sharp reports, and had we not felt the bullets whizzing about our ears.

  • One or two other shots followed, and I could just discern the flashes of pistols, though the reports did not reach our ears.


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