"ear" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- All eyes were to the front, and ears alerted to imminent commands.
- Any new thing or strange action will bring his head up and his ears alert.
- He moved slowly, checking each step and looking constantly around, his ears alert for any slight sounds that might tip him off.
- Fred goes into the adjoining bathroom, ears alert for any movement behind him.
- He must have sensed my hesitation, his ears alert for any change in the note of the engine.
- Nothing moved about the travelers as they marched in silence, their eyes and ears alert to anything out of the ordinary.
- She moved into the room, swinging right, then left, eyes sharp, ears alert.
- He looked down, perplexed, suspicious, his ears alert for the slightest sound without.
- So I lived through those hours, startled at every sound, ears alert for arrivals.
- Then they heard - their ears alert for the slightest changes in the grind of the traffic - a car slowing just behind them.
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