"nearby" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Lil called over from a nearby conversation: "Are they telling you what a pack of milksops we are, Julius?
- The small group grew larger and nearby conversations ended as people overheard the question and joined in.
- This "roving bug" feature has been used by law enforcement agencies and intelligence services to listen in on nearby conversations.
- A fragment of a nearby conversation caught her attention.
- Several steps up are cozy elevated dining nooks illuminated by silver Art Deco lamps that make great perches for eavesdropping on nearby conversations.
- These pay phones also have circuitry to suppress some extraneous noise, whether from nearby conversations or from passing traffic.
- A scrap of a nearby conversation: Now they're saying the Pentagon's been hit.
- Other diners were at our elbow; we could follow at least two nearby conversations.
- Wandering ... wandering ... He came back from each thought with a start to pick up shards of the nearby conversation.
- As we waited for the curtain to rise on "Evita," my husband, son and I eavesdropped on nearby conversations.
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