: the range within which one may hear a person's unaided voice
waited until he was out of earshot
Examples of earshot in a Sentence
They were within earshot of each other.
babysitters should remain within earshot of young children
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Political buttons on white coats and protests within earshot of patients functionally aggravate the experience of trauma for Jewish patients.
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Dr. Jacqueline A. Hart, Boston Herald, 22 Nov. 2025
With our waiter out of earshot, Piker drops his voice discreetly.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 13 Nov. 2025
To make matters worse, in the morning, that spot on the deck is within perfect earshot of where Britani and Lisa are downstairs.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2025
In an eventual 57-point Hurricanes victory, Stevenson was balling and jabbering about it, too, to every Wildcats pass catcher within earshot.
—Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
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Dr. Jacqueline A. Hart, Boston Herald, 22 Nov. 2025
With our waiter out of earshot, Piker drops his voice discreetly.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 13 Nov. 2025
To make matters worse, in the morning, that spot on the deck is within perfect earshot of where Britani and Lisa are downstairs.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2025
In an eventual 57-point Hurricanes victory, Stevenson was balling and jabbering about it, too, to every Wildcats pass catcher within earshot.
—Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for earshot
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“Earshot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/earshot. Accessed 1 Dec. 2025.
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earshot
noun
ear·shot
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: the range within which a person can hear another's unaided voice
waited until he was out of earshot
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