eavesdrop in English

verb
1
secretly listen to a conversation.
she opened the window just enough to eavesdrop on the conversation outside
synonyms:listen in onspy onmonitortapwiretaprecordoverhearsnoop onbug
verb

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Below are sample sentences containing the word "eavesdrop" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "eavesdrop", or refer to the context using the word "eavesdrop" in the English Dictionary.

1. The speech of a senior diplomat by eavesdrop.

2. Can he eavesdrop through a card, Jaq?

3. Eavesdrop on the conversation between Mrs. Greenleaf and her henchman.

4. Walking slowly because you're afraid we'll eavesdrop, aren't you? "

5. I didn't mean to eavesdrop but I heard what's going on.

6. He ensconced himself in the closet in order to eavesdrop.

7. Sue was able to eavesdrop on them through the open window.

8. She ensconced herself in the closet in order to eavesdrop.

9. He had begun to keep track of her movements, to eavesdrop and observe.

10. Bridal mother understands everything to want successful, be in adjoining room eavesdrop.

11. The only way to find out is eavesdrop on the conversations my mom and dad had.

12. It is not polite to eavesdrop on the conversation of other people.

13. Vernon zhong: you eavesdrop on the conversation of your uncle and me?

14. 17 Bridal mother understands everything to want successful, be in adjoining room eavesdrop.

15. Waterproof microphones allow the crew to eavesdrop on the dolphins, and so follow them.

16. I could have sworn several people behind us were walking close enough to eavesdrop.

17. No, I'm not gonna do this, okay ? I'm not gonna eavesdrop on my friend.

18. Power sockets can be used to eavesdrop on what people type on a computer.

19. Caroline felt riveted to the floor, motionless, unwilling to consciously eavesdrop but tense with curiosity.

20. Most shocking was the charge that Morris had allowed her to eavesdrop on conversations with the White House.

21. I got to eavesdrop on their informal conversations and often attend their presentations or meetings or whatever.

22. Go to a place where there are a lot of people and eavesdrop on a conversation.

23. One of the cool things to eavesdrop on might be an undersea volcano called the Axial Seamount.

24. Eavesdrop on The Bangles as they prepare for their show at Bristol Bierkeller, Bristol, on 4 February 1986

25. For instance, I eavesdrop on men's mumbles in restaurants, as they work out their seductions or deals.

26. They describe how technology at the agencies' disposal allows them to eavesdrop without ministerial warrants, in breach of the act.

27. ANCHORS Aweigh does have some engaging moments, for example, the scene in the ship when Gene Kelly's shipmates eavesdrop on Gene Kelly's telephone conversation with an imaginary girlfriend, Lola

28. So I bought one of those little kits that you could get to make a radio transmitter, and I got an old book and I carved out the inside and I hid it inside there, and then I placed it next to my dad and snuck back to my bedroom and tuned in on the radio so I could eavesdrop.