How to Use eavesdropping in a Sentence

eavesdropping

noun
  • Banks extols the virtues of eavesdropping.
    — Sarah Rodman, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Mar. 2026
  • On our house’s deck are two Adirondack chairs, facing the lake and good for eavesdropping.
    — Mary Bergin, chicagotribune.com, 26 Nov. 2021
  • If eavesdropping is a concern, many smart speakers have a mute option that turns the microphone off.
    — Jamie Kim, Good Housekeeping, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Nicole Holofcener is well acquainted with the dangers of eavesdropping.
    — Sonia Rao, Washington Post, 26 May 2023
  • The law would have banned all wiretapping and other forms of electronic eavesdropping.
    — Andrew Lanham, The New Republic, 21 Apr. 2022
  • Khaled takes my eavesdropping as an opportunity to tell me more about his new interests.
    — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 7 Nov. 2023
  • Then, this week, it was disclosed in court that the secret eavesdropping program had been declassified.
    — Carol Rosenberg, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Only a few other animals, like parrots and apes, have demonstrated a knack for this kind of eavesdropping.
    — Adithi Ramakrishnan, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Aside from some intense eavesdropping, the system can also cut the connection between the drone and its controller.
    — New Atlas, 13 Dec. 2024
  • At some point, talking to her stopped feeling like an interview and more like eavesdropping as Glaser let her inner voice spiral.
    — Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Raasch remains in custody on 12 counts of videotaping an undressed person and three counts of eavesdropping.
    — James Taylor, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
  • This material may come from allies or informants, or from spying or eavesdropping.
    — Will Steakin, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2022
  • And because many smart gadgets come equipped with microphones, hackers could even turn them into tools for eavesdropping and surveillance.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2025
  • Thompson’s eavesdropping did not go unnoticed by Castle.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Mar. 2026
  • All of the people who are already, or should be, on high alert about the potential for eavesdropping attacks and taking measures to mitigate them.
    — Davey Winder, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
  • But its interstellar eavesdropping has yet to detect any signals that withstand close scrutiny.
    — Lee Billings, Scientific American, 17 Apr. 2015
  • However, there’s no microphone built in, which will please people who worry about digital eavesdropping.
    — Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2022
  • And that communication can be in the open, on a public channel susceptible to eavesdropping.
    — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Jinks denied most of the claims at trial, blamed workers for misinterpreting jokes and accused employees of eavesdropping.
    — William Thornton | [email protected], al, 29 Nov. 2021
  • Raasch was arrested on 12 counts of photographing or videotaping an undressed person in a private area and three counts of eavesdropping.
    — Brandon Downs, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Sixty percent of those surveyed believe the eavesdropping extends to government tracking.
    — Eric Griffith, PCMAG, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Apple users can now apply to claim their share of a $95 million cash payout to settle a class action case alleging Siri eavesdropping.
    — Kate O'Flaherty, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
  • How to use eavesdropping to your advantage In a typical open-plan office, overhearing your coworkers can be more of an annoyance than a rush.
    — Jane Thier, Fortune, 11 July 2023
  • Others have one-party consent, meaning only one party must consent, and that allows one person to record a conversation without fear of eavesdropping charges.
    — cleveland, 11 May 2022
  • So in the pair of scenes in which Beatrice and Benedick overhear their friends remarking on how much the one loves the other, and vice versa, the eavesdropping is played for outright slapstick.
    — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Court records reveal that Judge Jinks denied most of the claims, blamed workers for misinterpreting jokes and accused employees of eavesdropping.
    — Kevin L. Clark, Essence, 4 Nov. 2021
  • The company’s electronic eavesdropping satellites enable collection of intelligence that seems to defy the laws of physics.
    — Loren Thompson, Forbes, 24 June 2022
  • But recording a conversation that a person is not participating in violates the eavesdropping statute, Heath said.
    — Nushrat Rahman, Freep.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Laser links enable faster transmission of data, while offering more security against eavesdropping or intercepts.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 22 Aug. 2025
  • The team’s three-year investigation found that roughly half of all geostationary satellite signals are left vulnerable to eavesdropping.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2025

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