Example sentences for: vigilance

How can you use “vigilance” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Whipped into a frenzy, citizens formed the National Vigilance Association, but rather than protecting impoverished virgins the vigilantes conducted a crusade against prostitutes, homosexuals, music halls, theaters, paintings of nudes, and French novels (which they burned).

  • During the war, hawks who prized human rights and vigilance accused Clinton of going easy on the Serbs.

  • They stressed that constant vigilance was needed to ensure that controls remained appropriate--addressing current risks and not unnecessarily hindering operations--and that individuals who used and maintained information systems complied with organizational policies.

  • Thirty-year interest rates are back down near 6 percent, after trading close to 6.5 percent, and they would not be there if bond traders--for whom vigilance about inflation is a cardinal law--thought the Fed was letting us all live high on the hog by printing lots of greenbacks.

  • The current whirl of diplomatic activity calls for especial vigilance on the West's part."


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