earshot
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Reach of the ear; distance at which words may be heard.
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the children were told to stay within earshot
Anand Prahlad, The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Folklore (2006) Volume 2, p. 966 As an example, slaves (when out of earshot of whites) would refer to harsh slave owners as a "low down" man, "lower than poor white trash," "a brute, really."
‘As she ran out, I said within earshot: “Do you suppose she’s been in one before?”
Additionally, Hawthorne was known to be a generally bigoted personality who behaved in a brusque manner with seemingly no care for the feelings or opinions of anyone within his earshot.
He arrived late at Mechanicsville and inexplicably ordered his men to bivouac for the night within clear earshot of the battle.
“I’m about to ruin someone’s proposal,” Jenni says at dinner, within earshot of both the Situation and Lauren.