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  • adjective having keen hearing

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Examples

  • The bleak comedy of Patrick's sexual frustration Mary having retreated into intimacy with their baby son is all the funnier because we already know that Robert is indeed a sharp-eyed, sharp-eared witness.

    Mother's Milk by Edward St Aubyn 2011

  • John Dow is just the right amount of addled as the Larrabee patriarch, Donna Migliaccio is discreetly amusing as the sharp-eared housekeeper, and as Sabrina's father, Craig Wallace holds the show in his capable hands for a lovely spell near the end.

    Theater: 'Sabrina Fair' at Ford's Theatre is reviewed by Nelson Pressley Nelson Pressley 2010

  • Behold the intoxicating footage of a Timber Wolf pack, 25 of them, strong, noble, united, sharp-eared and slobbery tongued – and then behold the plump bison pack in their midst: nature's version of Gourmet Burger Kitchen.

    Frozen Planet: Grace Dent's TV OD 2011

  • From time to time, the brothers annoyed the sharp-eared tenant below them, music teacher Oliver Isbell, by clomping about the premises in their boots.

    LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY JR. ROY MORRIS 2010

  • From time to time, the brothers annoyed the sharp-eared tenant below them, music teacher Oliver Isbell, by clomping about the premises in their boots.

    LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY JR. ROY MORRIS 2010

  • If not Clothahump or his father, the quick-eyed, sharp-eared Mulwit was sure to spot him soon.

    The Lives of Felix Gunderson Sugu Althomsons 2010

  • "Hens!" she screeched with minimal vol - ume, so that her voice would not carry to the sharp-eared bats.

    Here There Are Monsters 2010

  • Williams tells viewers that the audio recording was made by journalists Ben Bradlee and Jim Cannon and as Williams notes, "The very sharp-eared among us listeners can hear Sen. Kennedy's cigar cutter."

    New JFK Tapes Revealed 2008

  • Williams tells viewers that the audio recording was made by journalists Ben Bradlee and Jim Cannon and as Williams notes, "The very sharp-eared among us listeners can hear Sen. Kennedy's cigar cutter."

    New JFK Tapes Revealed Ed O 2008

  • “Werrna,” Ruuqo said to his sharp-eared secondwolf, “are they gone?”

    Promise of the Wolves Dorothy Hearst 2008

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