The old vinyl record makes someone's ears sad whenever it's played.

The school choir's discordant rehearsal was making someone's ears sad, and a few parents covered theirs in discomfort.

She told the children to be quiet because a long-eared guinea pig might be hiding in the garden.

The greater mouse-eared bat emerged from the limestone cave at dusk and swept low over the vineyard in search of moths.

It's natural to perk up one's ears when someone hints at a juicy secret.

When working in a small town, it's important to keep one's ears open for neighborhood news.

Researchers documented how hairy-eared dwarf lemurs foraged at night among the branches of the rainforest.

At dawn, a troop of bare-eared squirrel monkeys leaped through the canopy, chattering excitedly as they searched for ripe fruit.

If a horse senses danger, one pins one's ears back and prepares to bolt.

It's hard not to pin one's ears back when the professor starts talking about rare fossils.