Overhear

How charmed I am when I overhear a German word which ❋ Mark Twain (1872)

All i overhear is ‘now stop swearing’, ‘theres no need to shout abuse down the phone’, ‘if you continue to scream obscenities I will terminate the call’ … etc etc.. ❋ Inspector Gadget (2009)

If the Scripps Spelling Bee had been a Mark Burnett-style production, we'd have been treated to behind-the-scenes footage of players forming alliances, strategizing to trip up the frontrunners; Isabel Jacobson, the last female speller standing (you go, girl!), pitting the boys against each other by stage-whispering invitations to clandestine trysts; We'd "overhear" overstressed kids being browbeaten by parents who'd caught them peaking at comic books rather than practicing Croatian conjugation. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I suggest but don't expect to be listened to that it would be prudent for South Korea, Japan, and Russia to reach a mutual understanding now on a unified reaction if such a situation should arise in the future, and the understanding should be just vocal enough for China to 'overhear' it soon without loss of face. ❋ Horace Jeffery Hodges (2005)

Adepts - or very powerful Mindspeakers - were so few that Savil seldom remembered that the Tayledras shared with Vanyel the ability to "overhear" any conversation that was not shielded against them. ❋ Lackey, Mercedes (1990)

The agreement was measured, and Shann knew that he was meant to "overhear" that. ❋ Andre Norton (1958)

"If only Apple would fix the software so iTunes doesn't "overhear" the commands when it's in the background and you actually are trying to pause, say, a movie." ❋ John Bradley (2011)

On the other hand, if the ad hoc network doesn't come with clever enough encryption, even Google's demonstrated how easy it is to "overhear" a seemingly private Wi-Fi network at long range. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I may or may not have planted that little nugget a few weeks ago, allowing her little friend Tiffany at ballet class to "overhear" it as I pretended to talk on my cell phone. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"Sometimes the message is meant for me, and viewers" overhear "this conversation I am having with myself." ❋ Unknown (2010)

I can say that obviously this book and what I'm doing here right now with you is an attempt to bring those kinds of messages out to the public that maybe doesn't have time to follow or simply hasn't had the opportunity to follow all of this online, and as far as getting around the broad strokes of what is painted on CNN every day and the thing that you kind of overhear from somebody who knew somebody's cousin who heard something at a bridge game and repeated it to somebody at the barbershop, which is to tell you the truth, how more people get their news and gather from an actual news organization; the only thing we can really do as writers is keep putting information out there and to be persistent. ❋ Unknown (2007)

It may be that concocting a story that I've made her into my private maid while you're gone and she can 'overhear' my con'versations with you will be enough. " ❋ Lackey, Mercedes (2002)

'overhear' in the hallway, but for the most part they will end up having an understanding of what 'fostering' is all about. ❋ WISE WORDS (2010)

"You could kind of overhear a few comments while they were looking at everything, and I was like, 'Oh no, is that good or bad?' she said. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Instead, we "overhear" God's curse upon the Tempter immediately after Adam's fall into sin: "The ❋ Unknown (2008)

"In cafes you do overhear conversations about serious matters and want to chip in." ❋ Steven Morris (2010)