Words similar to overhearing

Example sentences for: overhearing

How can you use “overhearing” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Al D'Amato's says that when a donor called, the New Yorker used to try to stretch the phone cord into the bathroom like a teen-ager trying to keep his parents from overhearing his conversation.
"I hit on this explanation while reluctantly overhearing the inane chatter of a man describing, into a hand-held mouthpiece, in excruciating detail, a friggin' haircut!
Overhearing the audience's indulgent titters, Crews would have found it pathetic, but Crews would have been wrong.
2) They are overhearing a bunch of pre-teen boys playing with action figures.