One can enjoy the wind about one's ears when cycling along the coast.

Her warnings had fallen on deaf ears, so the factory suffered a costly shutdown.

At dusk, long-eared owls silently hunted along the marsh, their yellow eyes flashing in the twilight.

Short-eared owls hunted low over the marsh at dusk, their silent wings barely ruffling the reeds.

I watched a short-eared owl glide low over the marsh at dusk.

The new intern is green behind the ears, but she's eager to learn.

Although she looked young, she was dry behind the ears and handled the negotiations with calm authority.

When one is up to one's ears in work, it's hard to find time for family.

The red-eared terrapin basked on a sun-warmed rock at the edge of the pond.

The red-eared terrapins basked lazily on the sun-warmed log while I took notes for my field journal.