Example sentences for: watchful

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

  • 3 Therefore, we must be eternally watchful against overreaching by the state.

  • Since the cease-fire, Saddam has continued to build conventional arms for these forces under the watchful eye of the U.N. inspectors.

  • The passive voice of “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall exist” means that the government must be ever watchful, lest relationships of exploitation come into being.

  • The Post Express of Nigeria said in an editorial that it would like to "commend the American people for their watchful insistence on probity and moral rectitude for public office holders," but proposed caution in pursuing Clinton because "it will be foolhardy for America to cut its nose to spite its face."

  • Some have claimed that the amendment goes so far as to require the government to be watchful and intervene against child abuse.


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