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English citations of listener
Noun: someone who listens[edit]
| 1816 1899 | 1904 1937 | ||||||
| ME « | 15th c. | 16th c. | 17th c. | 18th c. | 19th c. | 20th c. | 21st c. |
- 1816, Jane Austen, Emma, Volume III, Chapter 6.
- Mrs. Weston, who seemed to have walked there on purpose to be tired, and sit all the time with him, remained, when all the others were invited or persuaded out, his patient listener and sympathiser.
- 1899, Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness.
- "Try to be civil, Marlow," growled a voice, and I knew there was at least one listener awake besides myself.
- 1904, William Henry Hudson, Green Mansions, chapter 2.
- […] she would set herself going, telling the most interminable stories, until the last listener was fast asleep […]
- 1937, John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men.
- And then her words tumbled out in a passion of communication, as though she hurried before her listener could be taken away.