How to Use hear in a Sentence

hear

verb

• I couldn't hear a word of what he said over all that noise.
• I heard her in concert a few years ago.
• Do you hear that music?
• I've heard it said that smoking is bad for your health.
• I hear he's leaving town.
• I thought I heard him leave.
• Would you turn the volume up a little? I can't hear.
• The committee will hear witnesses today.
• I don't know what happened. I'll let you know if I hear anything.
• Have you ever heard Wagner sung in English?
• The little girl stared, stunned to hear the truth from the man in the costume.
  — Erin Clark, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Dec. 2022
• The center of this great state needs to have its voice heard.
  — Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Feb. 2024
• But, just like the rest of the world—I’ve heard tons about them on TikTok.
  — Kleigh Balugo, StyleCaster, 19 Aug. 2024
• The thing is that truly no one asked to hear Joaquin Phoenix sing.
  — Samantha Allen, Them, 4 Oct. 2024
• Then, get ready to hear some screams as the ice water hits them.
  — Leah Campano, Seventeen, 8 Apr. 2023
• Of course, Mets fans most likely don’t want to hear that.
  — James Wagner, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2023
• At certain points in the video, Hayes is heard begging for help.
  — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 25 Oct. 2023
• She’s heard about the Web browser left open with directions to the bridge.
  — Hanna Krueger, BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2023
• The crew shut the engine down, Rana claimed, so that ships passing by could not hear it.
  — Demetris Nellas, ajc, 18 June 2023
• Elleby can be heard ordering the teen to drop a weapon and to stop.
  — Cassidy Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 16 May 2023
• The former wife speaks so faintly that the new wife can barely hear.
  — Joyce Carol Oates, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
• Expect to hear a lot more shouting over the border in 2023.
  — David Lautersenior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2022
• John Zara could hear his neighbors' cries over the sound of the rushing water.
  — Morgan Norwood, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2024
• Dai’Sean Conley and Rosie Green couldn’t hear the booing last month as they were crowned prom king and queen.
  — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 12 May 2023
• Even though there is no way the scouting plane can hear their voices, no one speaks a word.
  — WIRED, 29 Sep. 2023
• But haven’t heard anything about Daniels and May not throwing at the Combine.
  — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2024
• By August, Hogan applied for five jobs and heard back from one.
  — Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 10 Sep. 2023
• Reporters can hear blasts in the distance but can’t see the effects for themselves.
  — Brian Stelter, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Oct. 2023
• The place's old inhabitants say that a voice is heard many nights.
  — Photovogue, Vogue, 28 Oct. 2024
• What makes this film so haunting is the brilliant and articulate way that Mr. Reed presents real world facts to these women that many of us have never even heard about or thought about before.
  — Jeff Conway, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Nov 2024