I leafed quickly through it, reading with an ear cocked for sounds of a car on the street.

Keep an ear cocked for any buzzing sounds and watch where you step.

It was facing almost directly away from him, the ears cocked and rolled along the top edge.

He played with one ear cocked at the radio.

Mutt had her ears cocked, and she was looking east.

He kept one ear cocked to the house above.

He kept one ear cocked to the ebb and flow of conversation behind him.

He stopped for a moment, his ear cocked to the wind.

I turned back, too, but kept an ear cocked in Johnny's direction.

His mind was drifting, but he tried to keep one ear cocked for any sound that wasn't natural.