How to Use listen in in a Sentence

listen in

verb
  • And thanks to all of you for listening in all these years.
    — Evan Ackermanerico Guizzo, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Jan. 2016
  • More than 600 people listened in the park.
    — Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 29 Mar. 2026
  • The question remains whether the politicians will listen in the year ahead.
    — Will Johnson, Time, 1 Jan. 2026
  • See our rankings below or listen in this week’s podcast episode.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Julianna, left, gestures with her mom listens in the viral video.
    — Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Somebody will be listening in the future.
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 13 Jan. 2026
  • When Lena places a bug in a strategic location, Kate and her team listen in.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 8 June 2026
  • About two dozen opponents to the project showed up before the vote, and dozens of others listened in online.
    — Sasha Hupka, AZCentral.com, 4 Dec. 2025
  • There are also cables zigzagging along the ocean floor and sensors that can listen in to what passes close by.
    — Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Outside, in an unmarked car, Noble listened in.
    — Matthew Bremner, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Hours spent sitting alongside your child, listening in on lessons and urging them to stay focused on a screen for hours at a time.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Polansky, listening in on her mic feed, sometimes catches her breathing hard.
    — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 13 Nov. 2025
  • Users can get clearer sound when listening in the living room or switch over to a louder and punchier sound outdoors.
    — Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Here's how the world listened in 2025, and which Tennessee artists came out on top.
    — Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Dec. 2025
  • Expect to listen in on a conversation about a beloved record or artist while browsing – or taking part in it yourself.
    — The Know, Denver Post, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Lindsay approaches the bathroom to listen in on their fight, wearing the look of someone who has been through this before.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The crowd attending Thursday's council meeting was so large, some had to sit in the lobby to listen in.
    — Todd Feurer, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Seated near the senators, a woman in a crisp white uniform appears to listen in, her hands folded neatly in her lap.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 25 June 2026
  • The men who listened in within that final players’ huddle Sunday, and who watched from the sideline, know how rare this is.
    — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Because of the switch, the public could not listen in or review the 911 calls, and the police’s response.
    — Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 3 Dec. 2025
  • Guy, who, yes, can hear other people’s thoughts, tries to listen in to Helen’s and finds a barrier of silence.
    — Lily Osler, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Holly shared that being on the show taught her the importance of listening in a decades-long relationship.
    — Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
  • And if one of you has something positive to share, the other must listen in order to share in that positivity, too.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
  • The team added that Grogu's microphones won't be listening in on your conversations.
    — Kirsten Acuna, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Well, this is a tool that foreigners – listening in on foreigners talking to foreigners abroad.
    — CBS News, 14 June 2026
  • She wasn’t allowed in men’s spaces and would find a little messenger or a spy that would go listen in and then relay the information to her.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
  • For Martin, being in her element on stage is seeing her voice touch those listening in the audience.
    — Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 23 Feb. 2026
  • The sound was plush, the sense of space immense, the details glistening — and half a dozen visitors sat listening in rigid discomfort.
    — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Sitting somewhere, putting on shoes, eating an apple, listening in headphones that sort of progresses into something a bit wilder.
    — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Unbeknownst to everyone, Jacobi was listening in on the call through the wall of a production tent.
    — Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 20 Nov. 2025

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