listen passively
Frequency: 5.02.1 per million words
to listen without responding or interacting
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Examples (20)
- He tended to listen passively during team meetings, rarely offering input.
- Many students tend to listen passively during long lectures.
- She found it difficult to just listen passively when she strongly disagreed.
- It's easy to listen passively to the radio while you're driving.
- The students were instructed to listen passively to the lecture before asking questions.
- Don't just listen passively; try to engage with the material.
- Rather than engaging, he chose to listen passively to the debate.
- He was listening passively to the conversation, lost in his own thoughts.
- Many people listen passively to news broadcasts without questioning the information.
- Passive learners often listen passively without taking any notes.
- The therapist encouraged her to listen passively to her inner thoughts.
- The audience listened passively as the speaker droned on.
- He had been listening passively to their conversation from the next room.
- If you only listen passively, you might miss important details.
- It's hard to listen passively when you're emotionally invested.
- Some people prefer to listen passively to music while they work.
- Despite her desire to comment, she decided to listen passively for a while.
- Instead of participating, she chose to listen passively to the debate.
- Some find it easier to listen passively to music than to analyze it.
- The goal is to move from listening passively to active engagement.