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good listener
[ good lis-uh-ner ]
noun
- someone who listens carefully, attentively, and sympathetically, typically imparting support and understanding to the speaker:
Her friends envied her for having married a good listener.
Word History and Origins
Origin of good listener1
Example Sentences
The survey revealed positive attributes for both younger and older bosses, with younger bosses seen as more organized and better at communicating, while older bosses are credited with being good listeners and more adept at providing feedback.
The next thing I advise is to let your curiosity drive the conversation while being a good listener.
Former colleagues remembered him as a good listener who made everyone feel heard, including assistant coaches and low-level scouts.
“It’s really important at that point to be a good listener as well as a good talker,” Ernst said at Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Next Gen Summit on Tuesday.
All along, Beth has been a very good listener and sort of very good at clocking everything around her and taking it in.
She was extremely giving when it came to posing for pictures, and she was also a good listener.
Ruggiero recognized a principled stance when he saw one; besides, he was a good listener.
Brown, a good listener and a close observer, predicted that an auspicious political future lay ahead for young Elian.
I'm also a good listener and will always have an open mind and heart.
Mrs. Thornton was by no means a talkative companion to Fanny, nor yet a good listener while her son was absent.
I thought it best to keep silence; and after a minute or two he resumed the conversation, like one who is glad of a good listener.
It is a great and difficult talent to be a good listener, but it is one which the well-bred man has to acquire, at whatever pains.
But the Negro was a good listener, and was not unconscious of what was going on around him.
He talked freely, she encouraging him by proving a good listener.
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