During much of his career, due to his deep bass-baritone voice, many listeners assumed he was African-American.

Some listeners mistakenly assumed that Clarke was Dan's son, or another relative.

Many listeners assume that trained opera singers are so necessarily preoccupied with technique that it's unfair to expect them also to enunciate words clearly.

The work's structure and dynamic shape give away its contemporary provenance, but at its start, a listener might assume it was music from a distant age.

I would say the former - by focusing everyone's attention on the lowest possible he wants listeners to assume that's the norm for the public sector.

And listeners have naturally assumed that she must be an earnest student of historical performance.

She couldn't lie for whatever reason, so she manipulated her words to tell the truth, but also make the listener assume something completely different.

It was hoped that some listeners might assume the "Guess Who?"

So I think our listeners should assume that authentication is going to be an ongoing sort of topic thread for us, probably for the foreseeable future.

Nightmares...now we rest in peace", so the listener can safely assume the person has killed himself, as well the female.