1.   American ears pricked up at this news.

2.   Equally fantastic, at least to American ears, is the charming lilt of a young Irish brogue.

3.   If this sounds like old-fashioned bigotry to American ears, though, it still amounts to something like liberalism here.

4.   It was announced on Friday evening, when the Sabbath prevents many Israelis from watching television, suggesting that the declaration was meant largely for American ears.

5.   Les Tetes Brulees, as well, have benefited here from the funny feeling of recognition in American ears.

6.   Most of what the pope has said in recent weeks has grated on American ears.

7.   Much of the dialogue, to American ears, verges on a parody of the dark gray Russian angst of Dostoyevsky and Chekhov.

8.   So Karzai struggled to rally international support against the Taliban, though American ears perked up whenever he mentioned that foreign terrorists had become ensconced in Afghanistan.

9.   The following should help you communicate in language that is soothing to the American ear.

10.   The notion sounds mystical, even a little snooty to American ears.