"listen" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Archie bounded silently out into the other room and stood listening tensely.
- Joe made a call and they listened tensely as they heard his words.
- But he listened tensely and heard a choked sobbing outside his tent.
- We listened tensely, ready to attack or to furnish steady fire.
- As she washed, she listened tensely for the sounds of movement.
- The girl listened tensely for a full five minutes; then went back into her room, closed the door and tried to resume her reading.
- He tensely listened to the quiet but could hear nothing except his own breath.
- The men listened tensely as each name was called.
- Blade found himself listening tensely for the sound of axes from the roof.
- He listened tensely to what was now ringing through the loudspeaker.
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