Ever since she started freelancing, client referrals have been coming out of someone's ears.

The bare-eared squirrel monkey foraged nimbly through the canopy, its small hands clutching ripe fruit.

To prick up one's ears is to listen attentively during a conversation.

The long-eared guinea pigs snuggled together under the hay while I cleaned their enclosure.

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

The hairy-eared dwarf lemur foraged silently among the branches as dusk settled over the Malagasy forest.

We whispered about the surprise party, but we kept it quiet because little pitchers have big ears.

In the strict boarding school, anyone who broke the rules often had one's ears pinned back by the matron.

To have one's ears pinned back is an old idiom meaning to be severely reprimanded, and my brother learned that the hard way after skipping school.

When cornered by a predator, the hare has one's ears pinned back and crouches low to the ground.