Eavesdrop

//ˈivzˌdɹɑp//

"Eavesdrop" in a Sentence (14 examples)

I didn't mean to eavesdrop on your talk.

I didn't mean to eavesdrop, but I did overhear you.

I didn't mean to eavesdrop on your conversation.

A bug on the Macintosh version of the Flash software allows malicious websites to covertly eavesdrop on visitors using their webcam and microphone.

You shouldn't eavesdrop.

She put her ear against the door to eavesdrop on a conversation taking place in the neighbouring room.

She put her ear against the door to eavesdrop on a conversation taking place in the room next door.

U.S. intelligence chiefs are making a strong push, backed by the White House, to reauthorize a controversial law that allows U.S. spy agencies to eavesdrop on foreign electronic communications.

Researchers say that in addition to stealing computer files, the cyber spies could turn on the internal camera on a remote computer to eavesdrop on live conversations.

I swear I didn't mean to eavesdrop; my hearing is just very good.

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I hope nobody was eavesdropping on our conversation last night, since it got so personal.

[…] Eastern Red Bat will eavesdrop on the sonar calls of other red bats to locate potential insect prey.

Frog-biting midges also depend on eavesdropping for reproduction, and one would predict similarly strong selection to evolve auditory adaptations for hearing and localizing calls of their hosts.

Were you having a little eavesdrop on us last night?

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