How to use "listen" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "listen" in popular movie and book plots

  • Richard “Dick” Nixon (Tony Hopkins) Tapes to listen to.  - Nixon (film)
  • They dress in separate changing rooms as the Consul continues to listen to their playful repartee, and they soon join him for dinner.  - Under the Volcano
  • Dan is eager to listen to the record, but he's reminded by everyone that Anthony does not like singing.  - It's a Good Life (The Twilight Zone)
  • Theo believes Julian is deceiving herself, but when the two meet, Julian invites Theo to listen to her baby's heartbeat.  - The Children of Men
  • It shows Seth at the beach where the angels meet every day at dawn to listen to the celestial music while watching the sunrise.  - City of Angels (film)
  • but they listen to reason, they relent".  - Oedipus at Colonus
  • Lavinia and an enraged Orin (who followed their mother from the house) listen from the deck.  - Mourning Becomes Electra
  • The gang re-enters and listen to the radio.  - Babes in Arms
  • She begins by asking him to play anything he knows, but he asks to simply listen rather than learn to play himself.  - The Piano
  • Peggy follows Vince and persuades him to record a demo so that he can listen to himself sing.  - Jailhouse Rock (film)
  • dr Hill agrees to listen to his story.  - Invasion of the Body Snatchers
  • They both sit close to their adjoining wall and listen to the other for company, so they know almost everything about each other.  - Greed (film)
  • Watson shows them another bowl with the words "So long and thanks for all the fish" inscribed on it, and encourages them to listen to it.  - So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
  • She apologizes to him, and insists that he listen to the players.  - One Hundred Men and a Girl
  • Robbed by bandits, Fara is discovered by John the Baptist who advises her to listen to the great teacher, Jesus.  - The Big Fisherman
  • Their mood shifts as they listen to a captive German girl (Christiane Harlan, later Kubrick) sing a sentimental folk song.  - Paths of Glory

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