Make sure you take the time to speak with the people who stop to listen.

They'd have to stop to listen to his ghost story first.

We walked into the woods for a while, and stopped to listen.

He stopped outside the door to listen to her laughter.

Even the older men stopped to listen to his words.

I stopped frequently to listen, but there was nothing to hear.

Of course, there's no need to back away if you don't stop to listen in the first place.

It seemed as if the very trees outside stopped to listen.

I couldn't stop even to listen for footsteps behind me.

When he stopped to listen, there was nothing to hear.