EAVESDROP in a Sentence

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Example sentences for EAVESDROP, such as:
1. You have stained my honor by making me a party to your eavesdropping.
2. The wind rasped and scraped at the corners of the house, and filliped the eavesdroppings like peas against the panes.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of EAVESDROP
eavesdrop
 v.  listen without the speaker's knowledge
Classic Sentence:
1  The wind rasped and scraped at the corners of the house, and filliped the eavesdroppings like peas against the panes.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: 8 Rain, Darkness, and Anxious Wanderers
2  You have stained my honor by making me a party to your eavesdropping.
Arms and the Man By George Bernard Shaw
Context  Highlight   In ACT II
Example Sentence:
1  A new bill is due to be introduced Thursday in the Canadian House of Commons that will give police the ability to eavesdrop on online communications.
2  “Under the public Wi-Fi network situations, attackers can very easily eavesdrop and make falsifications on encrypted communications,” Hayashi added. “Victims cannot detect any trace of the attacks.”