"listen" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- She listened absently as Manchester talked, pointing with her small hand to indicate particular features.
- He listened absently to the whine of a police siren above the soft hum of the air-control unit.
- He found himself listening absently, even following her voice with pleasant anticipation on one of the several songs she repeated frequently.
- He listened absently, then found a lab assistant making coffee.
- Trevize listened absently and then turned back to continue his study of the surroundings.
- He listened absently to a long dun from the type-writer people, his mind busy with ways and means of finding a job.
- Mona did not pursue the subject of the submarine; she listened absently while he told her of the flight that he had made across Germany.
- Mrs Sonderborg listened absently to the wife's prattle about!
- She listened absently while she read, then suddenly her attention was riveted to the screen.
- He listened absently as the moderator went over the rules, then the stage manager called one minute, and everyone seemed to become absorbed in his notes.
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