How To Use Listening In A Sentence

Although he has mellowed a little since then, he is still a long way from being easy listening. Times, Sunday Times
Nowadays she heats her place with a cast-iron stove perched on firebricks in the living room, cooks with propane, and does her beadwork at night by the light of a kerosene lamp while listening to a battery-operated radio.
Linn are specialists in producing top quality audio and those listening to this hybrid CD will find a level of definition and clarity close to that of expensive vinyl.
The glistening mushrooms were plump and earthy against the dry, crunchy pastry softened by the delicate, herby cream sauce.
If I command him to put the newest posts at the top like every other bleeding blog in the world - are you listening boyo - will he obey?

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Back in the '60s and '70s I listened to Gordon Lightfoot a fair bit when I wanted to take a break from the harder rock that was the staple of my listening.
During the night two young partisans sat on guard at the bedroom door listening to murmured conversation. Whicker's War
But when he returned to his room to give his other half the glad tidings, the housekeeper, who was listening to the story, interrupted to tell them that she knew of plenty of empty rooms.
Carson's voice on the phone was preceded by that of a lawyer who asked if I would mind listening to Johnny while he spoke his piece, which sounds like even daffier a concept now than it did then. Nights with Johnny Carson: As long as it's been, we still long for them
Listening to this intense young man, there is little doubt he has done things the hard way; no favours doled out and none asked for.
I am listening to your day-tales, though I wonder that this time might be better spent mistranslating health warnings from foreign cigarettes and pasting them to a gallery wall or, perhaps, composing a biro haiku on the arch of a foot, proclaiming: Day 9: Better Spent Time
Later that night, after he had carried her inside, he lay next to her on the hearthrug, listening to her breathe, not quite believing what had just happened.
When I was a kid I loved listening to all the shop talk around the breakfast table and dinner table.
I've had an insanely busy day here, and I was listening to the latest album but it was just making me kind of listless and spacy.
On Sunday evening, after the dishes had been washed and Jared was in bed, Charisse and Stefàn were lounging comfortably on the plush leather cuddler sofa in their den and listening to a classic Grover Washington, Jr. CD. Who Said It Would Be Easy
Despite advances in headphone design, the fact is you are still listening to glorified stereo, where the sounds appear to thump uncomfortably inside your head.
It was nice listening to the two kids laughing their heads off as they played "moviemaking" on Sunday. Shlemazl
After this admirable book, the reader can return to listening to Strauss with added enjoyment.
In the past a recitation of those statements would have elicited a collective nod from any listening Americans.
Brown pelicans dive into glistening sapphire waves to grab tiny silvery fish that jump from the water then fall back with a soft plop.
She'll approach the perfume counter boldly, spray her ample poitrine and graceful, swanlike neck until it's glistening like a freshly dunked donut and writhe in olfactory ecstasy. What to Give for Christmas to the Over-Applier?
The intruder was a big man, his face glistening with the effort of hoisting himself up. The Bullet Catchers
Listening in on the tap, a man laughed, putting his head set down.
The boy could easily match the right words in textbooks after listening to tapes.
He had a hearty appetite, took very little exercise, and spent his days sitting at his office desk and most evenings sitting in front of the fire, listening to the wireless.
Darcy's face was white and glistening with sweat.
Back in the early fifties people across the land followed the Redex trial intently, listening in for updates in the daily news broadcasts from their valve radiograms.
He was listening to techno music in his headphones as he pumped rounds into the audience. The Sun
Through the wall he was continually listening to the Bach G minor unaccompanied violin sonata.
We would fall asleep listening to my grandparents sitting at the table playing cards or cribbage.
I lay in the bed with my eyes still closed but my mind was awake listening to the sound of the breeze blowing through the leaves of the coconut tree near my room window.
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho -- In Idaho Falls hundreds came to the Civic Auditorium to celebrate our day of independence by listening to the founding fathers themselves. LocalNews8.com - Local News 8 - Headlines
You're listening to the American Armed Forces Network.
During the day, reflective listening may help. Times, Sunday Times
He went to sleep listening to fighters flying back and forth overhead.
T] he skin wheal responses induced by latex or histamine were not changed after listening to Beethoven. Archive 2007-01-01
He said he had to go on a listening tour of voters because'very safe Labour wards have become moribund. Times, Sunday Times
She stood perfectly still, listening to his footsteps recede down the hall.
Ah, what a world entire was this lost little hamlet of Paradise, where merrymakers trod on the mourners 'heels, where the scream of the biniou drowned the floating note of the passing bell, where Misery drew the curtains of her bed and lay sleepless, listening to Gayety dancing breathless to the patter of a coquette's wooden shoes! The Maids of Paradise
The girl he talked to was a listening ear, someone willing to share in his anxiety about an undeniably unsettling situation.
I loved the endless hours I spent splashing in streams, eating blackberries off the bush, catching trout, walking the woods, sunning on rocks, listening to banjos and dulcimers.
Listening to these angry mobs is very disappointing especially from our seniors. Town hall meeting on health care turns ugly
White stuff glistening in brilliant sunshine against a backdrop of blue. Times, Sunday Times
Twinkling flashbulbs lit up Centre Court like fireworks in the night when Sampras kissed the trophy once again, his eyes glistening from the tears he had shed moments earlier after he whacked his final service winner to beat Patrick Rafter 6-7 Sampras wins historic Wimbledon title
Listening to the orchestra perform these profound works in the Ulster Hall demonstrated once again what fine acoustical properties the hall has.
It's a day where people celebrate by drinking the worst-tasting beer they can find, wearing ratty blue singlet tops with Australian flags as a cape, eating burnt "snags" from the "barbie" and listening to the Triple J Hottest 100 countdown on the radio from the plush confines of a deck chair placed in a kiddie's wading pool. A List For Australia Day
My home on Sunday became a place of carefree fun, little wet boys running to and fro, glistening beads of moisture running down their soft nubile chests.
We know how tempting it can be to indulge in listening to or passing along a juicy rumor.
I grew up listening to jazz, funk and house. Times, Sunday Times
Part of the thrill is eluding the proctors who scan the rooftops late at night, listening for the scrape of heels.
Apparently I have a ‘groovy urban boho life spent cruising bagel shops, watching films in Swahili and listening to music sung in ancient tribal click languages’.
And, unpalatable - or even downright outrageous - though it may seem, we will, eventually, have to start listening.
White stuff glistening in brilliant sunshine against a backdrop of blue. Times, Sunday Times
Despite a slightly receding hairline, his ample, glistening night-black hair remained full and healthy.
Why does everything else pale in comparison to the rich, glistening red of a rare filet mignon?
After listening to the testimony, the members of the jury delivered their verdict.
I did wonder if this vessel ever uprighted itself on the higher reaches of the tide, listening as I did to the first gurglings in the reed-bound mud as the sea once again started to push against the hull of an active fishing boat, (short-wheel based Landrover in attendance). Tidal Reaches 2
But after we got into bed, and after Frank had fallen asleep, I lay awake, listening to him breathe.
Not only was I tired, but listening to the same pedantic metaphysical reasoning for the second time from my friend, normally a lively conversationist, bored me out of my skull. An East Wind Coming
I was merrily typing away to friends in some primitive chat room on my IBM XT (super nerd), listening to some music (probably Flock of Seagulls -- nerd++), and watching Back to the Future with the sound off (neeeeerrrrrrrd). Archive 2006-08-01
Monkeys have a minor version of our tendency to use the left brain for listening carefully to rapid sound sequences.
March 12, 2005 10: 26 doseone's biggest fan: to the f**khead who just badmouthed doseone, you obviously have no taste for real music. true poetry is only seen by those who understand it. you obviously haven't put enough thought into what you're listening to. notwist lyrics are good, but they're not half as deep as the poetry and insight that comes out of dose's mouth every single time he speaks. you should inform yourself more about something before you chose to call it aweful. have a nice day Hybrid to heaven (Music (For Robots))
For that reason, I always make sure my car is locked by listening for the quite loud clunking noise. Times, Sunday Times
If you walked into the room while it was playing, though, you'd wonder what on earth I was listening to.
Is there anything wrong with watching a crash landing or listening to rattling machine-gun repeatedly?
They met in their early teens and both grew up listening to electronic music pioneers like Kraftwerk and Brian Eno.
I have an overall plan to be sensible as needed, and to treat myself well each day with simple pleasures, such as picnicking with a view or listening to favorite music. Lea Lane: "The Worst May Be Behind Us": 15 Ways to Cut Back Anyway
Effective Listening Senders can overcome communication barriers by spending more time listening.
This morning, on the train into work, I was listening to the radio and found myself cringing at the mockney accent of the breakfast show DJ.
Here were five hugely accomplished musicians who were listening to each other as intently as members of a string quartet. Times, Sunday Times
We said it to each other at home, one chanting, one listening. Exploring language (6th edn)
How could she stay indoors, when the glistening sunshine was pouring down and all the mountains seemed to glow? Heidi
The official listening figures appear to tell a much gloomier story. Times, Sunday Times
Most felt they were listening to the authentic voice of a suffering father. Times, Sunday Times
MyDD's Todd Beeton offers praise for Listening to America: Democratic Platform for Change, the Obama teams suite of tools for collaboratively crafting a party platform -- and heartily mocks Rush Limbaugh's plan to have the writing parties "infiltrated" by Dittoheads. Daily Digest: Netroots Grapples with Obama's Ideology
We just stand there, listening to the thundering surf.
Pompey had laid out open chests on glistening display that morning which contained seventy-five million silver drachmae: more than the annual tax revenue of the entire Roman world. CONSPIRATA
Anne dropped on her knees and gazed out into the June morning, her eyes glistening with delight. Anne of Green Gables
The time you spend listening will help a relative who has some big choices to make. The Sun
One minute the plains are empty, the dew still glistening in the early-morning light. Times, Sunday Times
Listening to it in its entirety is also fairly unrewarding.
And they're listening to more and more sports radio, which guarantees that every angle will be hashed out hundreds of times before it hits the page.
The warriors remained calm and relaxed, listening to the trample of the demonic horde just feet in front of them.
It was always a great laugh listening to all the young single men on a Monday morning bragging about their weekend exploits with the usual embellishment on one or two stories!
I was listening to my daughter read the other night and I had to hide a small clear plastic bouncy ball that she had been playing with.
We followed a pleasant bridle path through trees and soon found ourselves listening to the sweet bubbling song of a black cap.
listening to my heart beating. seeing how much i love you ,i dare to admit how much i love you .when thinking of you, i hope you can receive the passionat words i left for you!
(My father, a retired general practitioner, can still tell as much from palpating a patient's abdomen or listening carefully for crepitus while articulating a patient's sore knee than most modern internists can from reading an MRI or CT scan.) The Cost of Health Care -- in Live Chickens
Today, my hair completely stopped listening to reason and morphed into some kind of fucked-up Conan O'Brien hairpiece. Archive 2009-04-26
She was gazing out the window, as if listening to the birds chirp. ROSES ARE FOR THE RICH
This response mode ensured the privacy of adolescents' responses, in the event that parents or siblings were listening to the interview on a telephone extension.
They will only succeed out here by listening, then applying the skills taught to good effect.
I read a book, all the while listening for sounds of creepy people outside of my house.
He could diagnose an engine problem simply by listening.
The shoemaker himself was there as well, listening to his little transistor radio.
You don't spend 18 years listening to yarns about footballers without knowing when to take a bung with good grace. Times, Sunday Times
Honor your relationships by developing listening skills. Allan Lokos
He is sitting in the beautiful, sunlit gardens of Butler House, listening to another question.
She paused to chuckle at an off-color joke someone felt the need to share with anyone listening.
I lifted the receiver with caution, listening for the white noise of a long-distance connection.
It was music of a rather crude kind which unsophisticated audiences enjoyed listening to.
That makes this new release an exceptionally attractive one, and essential listening for this much-loved violinist's admirers.
Imagine a snow-white bowl of yoghurt topped with this glistening, exotic conserve.
They have taken the technical demands and passion from the past and recast them with subtle chicano influences - the cumbia and conjunto music that they grew up listening to - so they sound fresh.
Let the pressure fall 2 millimeters, or lines on the dial, per second while listening for your heart sounds.
If they're not out raving all night hopped up on that ecstasy stuff, they're out behind the school listening to rap music, smoking reefer and even, sometimes, Mary Jane.
A wolf, likes peripatetic wandering around lonely and prefers listening to the song.
Whatever we said, we said in whispers because Arcanus had warned us that the evil spirits of course were bodiless so they could be in the very air, listening to us.
I look up at the sign listening when the next bus was coming as he begins whining like a child at me.
It was like listening to somebody trying to play a trombone at the bottom of a swimming pool, and meantime some bosthoon in black tights is skipping around the fountain tossing things into it.
The array of large telescopes is "listening "carefully to the universe. Christianity Today
Still, ‘La Clemenza’ does have its moments and has an easy flow to it that offers a certain consistency from beginning to end that makes it easy listening, especially some of its duets, choral pieces and terzettos.
Listening to The Notwist is like stepping into unmapped territory, they somehow manage to make music which is just completely different from anything else and which does not even hint at who their influences are.
I was up all night listening to music when a light blued the east, announcing the season of breakfast.
We stayed awake at night listening to him breathe. The Guide to Lesbian and Gay Parenting
UPDATE 20071017 Andrew Linden apparently is listening to us, and only the megaprims over 256 m on a side are going to be removed or "clamped" down to 256 m, as he describes it. Archive 2007-10-01
Villagers also enjoyed spectacular helicopter rides as well as listening to sound advice from Bromley police and firefighters.
If you are observant you can get little glimpses into their lives by watching and listening circumspectly.
She grimaced, then glanced over her shoulder to make sure no one else was listening. Uprising
Many theories propose that listening to and interpreting music with complex patterns activates the neuronal pathways in the hippocampus, which can lead to an increased efficacy of the neurons.
Let us wipe off the sweat of youth and stride forward,listening to the spring thunder throughout the journey! Outside the school gate what is greeting us is a glorious future.
During the night two young partisans sat on guard at the bedroom door listening to murmured conversation. Whicker's War
There is also a growing body of evidence that the process of listening is not unidirectional but involves information being fed back to the hearing mechanism.
I watched her for a moment and then resumed listening to Jean's unmeant comedy.
Finding myself (not often in London on the day that comes so mercifully between the Saturday and Monday) beside the enisled Marble Arch, I spent half an hour in listening to the astonishing oratory that was going on there. A Boswell of Baghdad With Diversions
Speaking to a faceless audience who they believed was listening to them somewhere, made them come out with their innermost feelings and fears.
He was looking and listening as intently as politeness allowed. Times, Sunday Times
But I spent the remains of the afternoon lounging on the divan with Ali-Bab, nibbling almonds, sipping mint tea, and listening to the water bubbling merrily in his hookah.
They begin listening to rock or rap music and spending more time alone and with their friends. Divergent Realities: the Emotional Lives of Mothers, Fathers, and Adolescents
She spends what seem like hours bathing, listening to Billie Holiday records, chain-smoking, and smiling to herself.
I clambered over to him and rested my head on his chest, silently listening to the soft rhythmic beating of his heart as he absently ran his hand through my hair.
He stopped and turned around, pushing his fringe out of his deep dark eyes, glistening with tears.
If my heart isn't in it, I feel I would be short-changing everyone involved, particularly the poor souls listening.
Engage forward and reverse gears and shunt backwards and forwards, listening for unusual transmission noises.
It was only in short, improvised moments, because the rest of the time was spent with one friend playing video games, another, assumably, making out with his girlfriend, and I just fooling around on his drumset and listening to Radiohead on his great new sound system. Oatcake Diary Entry
Though I am not a voyeur, I do take some enjoyment from watching these idling drivers punch their car radios, and, if their windows are down, listening to the cacophony of sounds that emit from their sound systems.
It's not bad exposition, and it's enthralling in a ‘listening to the stories of an old school friend you've met at the pub’ kind of way.
There's something v relaxing about listening to splish-sploshing as you eat! The Sun
My friends and I never use the word jiggy except when we’re listening to Will Smith. No Uncertain Terms
The extra light cast eerie shadows on the glistening metal walls, not helping the sick feeling in her stomach.
Wu meets with constituents every week, listening to their problems.
And if any, say, substitute teachers listening in settle for such houses, shame on them. ESPN's Van Pelt slams Bud Selig about his salary
He looks out of the window, his eyes glistening. Times, Sunday Times
One of the problems I find when listening to commercial radio is the constant repetition of fairly long adverts.
Sadly, people appear to be listening to those intent on instilling fear and loathing - and sales of weapons have soared. The Sun
The cut surface revealed a glistening mucoid appearance, with extensive hemorrhage.
They've been there for some time, glistening in his eyes. Times, Sunday Times
I would recognize the slanted eyes, the dark glistening skin and the high cheekbones anywhere.
Many were kelts, fish that had spawned and then spent the winter in the river, but there were four fresh-run salmon glistening silver from the cold waters of the North Sea. Salmon are back in Scottish rivers in force, and as elusive as ever
It's not bad exposition, and it's enthralling in a ‘listening to the stories of an old school friend you've met at the pub’ kind of way.
Putting that aside and simply listening to the sound itself, one hears a voice of remarkable purity and tonal beauty along with a command of style and color that any singer would kill for.
I'm fond of listening classical music.
I wouldn't call it a solo career," she says, before revealing that she was listening to a lot of Aaliyah and Whitney Houston before embarking on this dancier direction "I wanted a song that made me as happy as I Wanna Dance With Somebody". In bed with Beth Ditto
As Bulgakov, Jennings is reed-like, glistening with anxiety: the embodiment of febrility and ill-fated aspiration. Collaborators; Three Days in May; His Teeth – review
Listening to radio through digital television sets, whether by digital satellite or digital cable, has become increasingly popular over recent years.
Listening to Scott's deep pride and simple joy as she described her Olympic experience was a thrill.
People also like listening to ghost stories and watching scary movies.
Listening to his story unfold, it strikes you it was probably a bit of both. Times, Sunday Times
It was music of a rather crude kind which unsophisticated audiences enjoyed listening to.
The style of dealing with patients changed from passive listening to active questioning. Times, Sunday Times
Listening to the music now, or any time in the last ten or fifteen years, I am overwhelmed by the lack of ferociousness that I used to associate with the album.
If it were true that an established technology could never be dislodged from its niche, we would still be listening to vinyl LP records.
Their talk, he thought, exhibited 'manly beauty', so he believed himself listening to three young noblemen. The Times Literary Supplement
Hulking guys serve up platters of prawns, steamed crabs, and just-shucked oysters glistening in brine.
She was listening for a footfall in a state of mental tensity which almost took away from her the power of motion. A Changed Man
She liked to shop, casually wandering throughout the market, occasionally listening to the white clad merchants hawk their wares.
You don't spend 18 years listening to yarns about footballers without knowing when to take a bung with good grace. Times, Sunday Times
A slender adult leader with raven hair and glistening alabaster skin which reflected the full moon's light was playing a set of rich, nut-brown pipes.
Here's a play list for your listening pleasure, consisting of a Turkish long crowing breed, the Denizli, followed by a Koeyoshi (good crower in Japanese) and the Tomaru (black crower). Boing Boing
It was music of a rather crude kind which unsophisticated audiences enjoyed listening to.
Listening to recorded birdsong is only one of many ways on the Internet to tune in to real animal voices.
If I don't loosen his hide my name arn't what it is," growled the old boatswain; and he moved on, going close by Sydney, who stood listening with heavily beating heart till Barney had gone right up to the back of the house. Syd Belton The Boy who would not go to Sea
The businessman was then wired with a listening device and given $ 30, 000 to offer Mr Tucker.
Eventually, however, we get to "domestic Insurrections amongst us," and here it comes, the phrase that distresses me so much after spending close to a decade meeting, and listening to, Native Americans, that I can barely stand to read it, nor type it. The Damaging Three Words of the Declaration of Independence
What I thought, listening to Matt's talk at that conference, was that you could do the whole process in parallel.
The official listening figures appear to tell a much gloomier story. Times, Sunday Times
Mills works as a sawyer in Tennessee, and his poems have the kind of down-home intelligence that comes from a man listening to people talk.
She was probably listening to her iPod and drifted off to cuckoo land again.
Some of our people, listening in on our ancestors' imagined, other-worldly discourse, hear only the endless repetition of the never again.
Listening is an important part of the job.
My bro Usman on the horsecart listening to my mp3 player on the way to Soma 2 weeks ago. In case you're interested...
According to this finely observed account, he learned most about the animals by querying hunters and listening intently to what they had to say.
Myra happily drove over, and within ten minutes the two were seated on lounge chairs in his bedroom, listening to a couple of CDs Myra had brought.
Listening to French news I learn that French soccer legend Michel Platini is running for president. French Word-A-Day:
I just lay there listening to the faint beat of his heart.
Formula for listening alertly Pay attention Allow plenty of time to listen.
Taking a walk in the woods while the birds chirp and sing, lounging on the beach listening to the waves roll in and out along the shore… I could go on and on.
The 2 girls sat on Grace's bed listening intently to their friend's voice on the speakerphone.
Listening to workers and putting into place good ergonomics and good science can yield dividends.
Music is the promoter of psychological and physical health. Listening to music elevates mood, reduces depression, and strengthens the immune system, improves physical performance, reduces the feeling of fatigue and enhances body movement and coordination. Dr T.P.Chia
All that is required is patience, as these beautiful, shimmering homages to the Cocteau Twins and Bola unfold at their own pace, in their own time, revealing secrets upon repeated listening.
Music is the aspirin of the aching body. Listening to music reduces chronic pain and the frequency, intensity and duration of migraine, and chronic headache. Dr T.P.Chia
You want to see the very grain of the wooden deck, glistening with sea spray? Times, Sunday Times
In listening to these works with their clumsy blocks of tone, their eternal sunless complaining, their lack of humor where they would be humorous, their lack of passion where they would be profound, their sardonic and monotonous bourdon, one is perforce reminded of the photograph of Reger which his publishers place on the cover of their catalogue of his works, the photograph that shows something that is like a swollen, myopic beetle with thick lips and sullen expression crouching on an organ-bench. Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers
The array of large telescopes is "listening "carefully to the universe. Christianity Today
Your mind is working fast but your emotions stay cool, so you can still talk convincingly about ideas - and the right person is listening. The Sun
The Court notes at the outset that the fixing of the listening device and the recording of the applicant's conversation were not unlawful in the sense of being contrary to domestic criminal law.
It's symphonic pop style would normally make me change the channel if I were listening to the radio, but the Pink Floydesqe sound makes it listenable.
My mother clapped her hands once, very loudly, to make sure we were listening.
She lay awake listening to his snores.

How To Use Listening In A Sentence

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