"listen" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- I listened idly, waiting for her to come back.
- Richard lay on his side, in the surreal light of false dawn, idly listening, waiting, for a return cry that never came.
- Stenning sat there on the pavement in the sun, listening idly, not taking very much in.
- She listened idly as he said something about what a pleasure it was to do business with a lovely woman.
- Roger was listening idly, flipping the cards in his hands.
- Idly listening, he nods while hearing the patient's fear: that he'll be irrelevant by the time his son is grown.
- I used to listen idly to their conversation.
- He listened idly, because despite the momentousness of the news he had other matters on his mind.
- For awhile she lay with her eyes closed, listening idly.
- He leaned back against the cold bulkhead and listened idly.
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