HEAR in Classic Quotes

1  He stood in the darkness expecting to hear her step.

Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
ContextHighlight   In IV

2  Zeena made no reply: she did not seem to hear what he had said.

Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
ContextHighlight   In III

3  He listened for Zeena's step and, not hearing it, called her name up the stairs.

Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
ContextHighlight   In VII

4  and she'll sleep in my bed, where I used to lay nights and listen to hear you come up the stairs.

Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
ContextHighlight   In IX

5  Her husband, without stopping to hear the end of the phrase, had left the kitchen and sprung up the stairs.

Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
ContextHighlight   In IX

6  She had not heard Ethan's call because she was sobbing and she did not hear his step till he stood close behind her and laid his hands on her shoulders.

Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
ContextHighlight   In IX

7  As he lay there he could hear Mattie moving about in her room, and her candle, sending its small ray across the landing, drew a scarcely perceptible line of light under his door.

Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
ContextHighlight   In III

8  She had an eye to see and an ear to hear: he could show her things and tell her things, and taste the bliss of feeling that all he imparted left long reverberations and echoes he could wake at will.

Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
ContextHighlight   In I

9  Her companion, who was just coming back to the table with the remains of a cold mince-pie in a battered pie-dish, set down her unappetising burden without appearing to hear the accusation brought against her.

Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
ContextHighlight   In IX

10  Once or twice, hearing sleigh-bells, Ethan turned his head, fancying that Zeena and Jotham might overtake him; but the old sorrel was not in sight, and he set his face against the rain and urged on his ponderous pair.

Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
ContextHighlight   In VI