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give heed (to)
The children in the audience attended the recital quietly
They attended to everything he said
She hung on his every word
How To Use give ear In A Sentence
- You should give ear to what he has to say.
- Portsmouth; and here Middleton and I did in plain terms acquaint the Duke of York what we thought and had observed in the late Court-martiall, which the Duke did give ear to; and though he thinks not fit to revoke what is already done in this case by a Court-martiall, yet it shall bring forth some good laws in the behaviour of Captains to their under Officers for the time to come. Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 73: April/May 1669
- 'O my father,' replied Ali, 'how shall I do other than hearken to thee and do after thine enjoinder, seeing that I am bounden by the law of God to obey thee and give ear to thy word?' The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume IV
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- Finally, if you live in a multilevel house, definitely put detectors at the top of stairwells, to give early warning of fires moving upwards.
- Men give ear to an upstart astronomer who tries to show that the Earth revolves, not the Sun and the Moon.
- The white therefore signifieth joy, solace, and gladness, and that not at random, but upon just and very good grounds: which you may perceive to be true, if laying aside all prejudicate affections, you will but give ear to what presently I shall expound unto you. Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel
- They at dinner before I come; and, when I had dined, I away home, and thence to White Hall, where the Board waited on the Duke of York to discourse about the disposing of Sir Thomas Allen's fleete, which is newly come home to Portsmouth; and here Middleton and I did in plain terms acquaint the Duke of York what we thought and had observed in the late Court-martiall, which the Duke did give ear to; and though he thinks not fit to revoke what is already done in this case by a Court-martiall, yet it shall bring forth some good laws in the behaviour of Captains to their under Officers for the time to come. Diary of Samuel Pepys, Apr/May 1668
- Lower taxes give earners less reason to avoid and evade tax, and more reason to put in extra effort.
- "Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry; Do not be silent at my tears; For I am a stranger with You, A sojourner like all my fathers."
