HEAR in a Sentence

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For HEAR, below is one of 362 sentences:
I tried to go then, but they wouldn't hear of it; perhaps my presence made them feel more satisfactorily alone.

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 Meanings and Examples of HEAR
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
hear
 v.  get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
 v.  perceive sound via the auditory sense
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Prepare to hear of occurrences which are usually deemed marvellous.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Letter 4
2  "Don't believe everything you hear, Nick," he advised me.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
3  I tried to go then, but they wouldn't hear of it; perhaps my presence made them feel more satisfactorily alone.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
4  I hardly know where I am when I hear about a thing like this and am completely knocked down and out.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
5  I didn't hear the rest of the name because I hung up the receiver.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
6  I didn't want to hear it and I avoided him when I got off the train.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
7  One night I did hear a material car there and saw its lights stop at his front steps.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
8  Very well, and very happy, only a little uneasy that they hear from you so seldom.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
9  But now, Pearl, I hear a footstep along the path, and the noise of one putting aside the branches.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XVI. A FOREST WALK
10  "I joy to hear it," answered the physician.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XX.THE MINISTER IN A MAZE
11  Laughing so shrilly that all the market-place could hear her, the weird old gentlewoman took her departure.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XXII. THE PROCESSION
12  But it would have broke MY heart, had I loved him, to hear him read with so little sensibility.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 3
13  Elinor smiled again, to hear her sister describing so accurately their future expenses at Combe Magna.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 17
14  Remember me with affection, should you never hear from me again.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Letter 2
15  But Marianne seemed hardly to hear her, and on Mrs. Jennings's entrance, escaped with the precious card.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 27
Example Sentence: (152 in 11 pages)
16  Two ears to one tongue, therefore hear twice as much as you speak.
17  Kindness is the language that the deaf can hear and the dumb understand.
18  Young players now hear various sums bandied around about how much players are getting.
19  I have yet to hear Ray's version of what happened.
20  The teacher's voice is very loud;we can all hear it.
21  It was reassuring to hear John's familiar voice.
22  He picked up the phone expecting to hear the chairman's gruff voice.
23  I can hear voices through the wall.
24  Men love to hear well of themselves.
25  He who says what he likes shall hear what he does not like.
26  I could hardly hear myself speak above all the hubbub in the theatre bar.
27  I can't hear a word you're saying.
28  We had to hear about the whole journey from beginning to end.
29  I could hear the old man behind me wheezing.
30  Do not all you can, spend not all you have; believe not all you hear; and tell not all youknow.