Sentences with phrase «overheard snippets of conversations»

Just imagine how many times you thought someone was interesting because they looked a certain way or you overheard a snippet of a conversation they were having with someone, only to be disappointed when you tried to chat with them one on one.

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For example how often does someone read a snippet of a newspaper story, see a blurb on a news website, or even overhear a conversation on a bus or plane about something that leaves several open ended questions?

Newspapers, magazines, books, PBS, snippets of conversation I overhear on the street.

Here he overhears snippets of chat and occasional monologues, and is drawn into conversation with fellow passengers, from Molesworth, a British theatrical agent, and Sadik, a shabby Turkish tycoon, while avoiding the forceful approaches of pimps and drug dealers.

The titles of the works came to Nhlengethwa as snippets of overheard conversations; some topical, some trivial.

Image Clayton Brothers, Goodness Grapes, 2011 / Mixed media on canvas / 84 x 84 inches Working from their Los Angeles studio, the Clayton brothers draw inspiration from their immediate environment by incorporating local businesses, neighborhood regulars, and snippets of overheard conversations as subjects for their paintings.

Taking snippets of overheard conversations and recording these in his notebook, each title or phrase is then lifted and used when it seems to best fit.

Recent volumes have become attempts at capturing the acoustic nature of this world in transit, the snippets of overheard conversation, the plea of the beggar, the muttering of the insane, the announcements of the conductor and the screech of the braking train.