EARS in a Sentence

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For EARS, below is one of 291 sentences:
The door of her parents' bedroom was slightly ajar and, before she could knock, Ellen's voice, low but stern, came to her ears.

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 Meanings and Examples of EARS
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
ear
 n.  the organ of hearing
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  After the mortal silence of his long imprisonment Zeena's volubility was music in his ears.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IV
2  Ethan's ears were alert for the jingle of sleigh-bells, but not a sound broke the silence of the lonely road.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IV
3  They did not like the dark shade of the thickets hedging the pasture creek, and they twitched their ears at Scarlett as if appreciative of human companionship.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
4  Scarlett and her father each assured the other solemnly that to bring such matters to the ears of Ellen would only hurt her, and nothing would induce them to wound her gentleness.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
5  Scarlett had a sudden treacherous desire to cry out, "But you've been happy, and you and Mother aren't alike," but she repressed it, fearing that he would box her ears for her impertinence.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
6  Their lazy, blurred voices fell pleasantly on his ears, but his own brisk brogue clung to his tongue.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
7  It was in a saloon in Savannah, on a hot night in spring, when the chance conversation of a stranger sitting near by made Gerald prick up his ears.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
8  Why the loveliest of the Robillard daughters should marry a loud-voiced, red-faced little man who came hardly up to her ears remained a mystery to all.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
9  Throughout the dismal meal, Gerald's booming voice battered against her ears until she thought she could endure it no longer.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
10  As the boards shuddered under her weight, the soliloquy she had been muttering in the front hall grew louder and louder, coming clearly to the ears of the family in the dining room.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
11  Suellen was an annoying sister with her whining and selfishness, and had it not been for Ellen's restraining hand, Scarlett would frequently have boxed her ears.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
12  The door of her parents' bedroom was slightly ajar and, before she could knock, Ellen's voice, low but stern, came to her ears.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
13  "But not as loud as you yell when Mammy washes your ears," returned Mrs. Tarleton.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
14  Alex and Tony Fontaine were whispering in the ears of Dimity Munroe and sending her into gales of giggles.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
15  If her heart would only stop pounding in her ears, perhaps she could think of what to say.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
Example Sentence: (81 in 6 pages)
16  I'll box your ears if you say that again.
17  He strained his ears to catch the sound.
18  He certainly pricked up his ears when you told him about your good luck.
19  A sudden peal of thunder leaves no time to cover the ears.
20  He was wearing a deerstalker hat with flaps to cover the ears.
21  You give me a drop of t ears, I saw your heart all the oceans.
22  An eye finds more truth than two ears.
23  Hedges have eyes, and walls have ears.
24  A wooer should open his ears more than his eyes.
25  Huge earrings dangled from her ears.
26  Reason why we have two ears and only one mouth is that we may listen the more and talk the less.
27  The wise man has long ears and a short tongue.
28  The mere mention of the subject set the whole company by the ears.
29  The hungry belly has no ears.
30  It is better to play with the ears than the tongue.