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Meanings of own ears in English

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Usage of own ears in English
1
There was a gasp in her voice which startled her own ears.
The Captain of the Kansas
2
With my own ears I heard the master whispering with his wife.
The Bishop and Other Stories
3
His words-sotreacherous as they reached his own ears-echoedinto the night.
Running scared
4
The cook looked as if she declined to believe her own ears.
Little Novels
5
The words I quote, I did hear them with my own ears.
The Eureka Stockade
6
All that I heard with my own ears, and with inexpressible comfort.
Oddsfish!
7
I exclaimed, conscious that my own ears were growing large and hot.
Police!!!
8
As you've already heard with your own ears, the Eolian's finest fiddler.
The Wise Man’s Fear
9
When I finally spoke, my voice sounded strange to my own ears.
The Wise Man’s Fear
10
She sounded like an adult, the words strange to her own ears.
The secret life of ceecee wilkes
11
Even in his own ears the edge of defensiveness was painfully obvious.
Beginnings
12
Still, they wished to hear Pausanias commit himself with their own ears.
The History of the Peloponnesian War
13
He sounded so calm to his own ears that it disturbed him.
The Death Cure
14
For work. But even to her own ears, she didn't sound convincing.
Lightning
15
I sounded a little unsteady to my own ears when I spoke.
Cold Days
16
My voice sounded plaintive in my own ears, and I hated that.
Drood: a novel
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United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common