You were then pleased to utter insults against the Prince von Lichtenstein in his absence, and being in the adjoining room and overhearing your offensive remarks, he came to call you to account for them.
The men, overhearing these words, grew still more confused when the servant in his gorgeous livery stepped up to them, and, with a most condescending smile, informed them of the errand his master had given to him.
Back in war times that organization had borne a more official and a less sanguinary title; but you would never have guessed this, overhearing Sergeant Jimmy Bagby's conversation.
No, you wouldn't," put in Mr. Robbins overhearing them.
The mother overhearing what was said, ordered the door to be opened.
Their voices were agitated, and the three officers could not avoid overhearing snatches of the conversation.
Terrified at the thought of Taylor's possible intrusion, she had been spurred to some sort of action, and had sauntered back to the big hall with the hope of overhearing something that would aid her.
Monty, overhearing these direful threats from behind a door, and happy because of his friend's escape, walked boldly in.
Paris has many spies who reap the reward of overhearingjust such confidences.
Seated within ear-shot, I could not help overhearing it.
Even then I hesitated about going in; but while thus meditating, I could not help overhearing a portion of the dialogue that was passing between them.
Before I could pass round the easel into the open space I was arrested by overhearing a conversation between Cyril, Sinfi, and Wilderspin.
Therefore, overhearing that which I had no desire to hear, I turned and crept back into the field as noiselessly as I came.
Of course, I had no real proof that he had been in that house other than overhearing his voice.
To the same end, the Prince, Claudio, and Leonato speak as much the other way, when they know Benedick is overhearing them; and what is there said in her favour is just a fair offset to what was before said against her.
But I wasoverhearing some news of an-- an acquaintance.
Miss Brewster, dining with her father a few hours after her return from the mountain, absolved her conscience from any intent of eavesdropping in overhearing the talk of the table to the right of her.
One may imagine her suffering on overhearing fragments of this sort of conversation.
She spoke almost breathlessly, too, as if she had been running, and Cynthia overhearing her first low words, held her prim skirt aside, and descended awkwardly over the wheel.
An English lady, overhearing the remark, said to another: "Good gracious!
He was somewhat surprised atoverhearing the following: "Halt!
Though nothing was further from Margaret's mind than any intention of eaves-dropping, she could not help overhearingevery word that was spoken as they passed the spot where she was standing.
He uttered, therefore, his wife's name, but in trembling accents, as if he had been afraid of the savage beast overhearing him.
There are, however, some Europeans who can recognize and distinguish their friends by smell.
Miss Lois, overhearing this, agreed with the lad dryly, much to Anne's dismay.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "overhearing" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
