watchfully
Example Sentences
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After batting watchfully in the early part of his innings, Stokes took 42 runs from the final 29 balls before he was dismissed, including three sixes.
From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2024
Only when I stooped to read the label for one velvety red blossom — it was a cockscomb, Celosia “Dracula” — did I notice the knee-high, cast-foam black vulture that was sitting watchfully beside it.
From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2023
STEVENS, Pa. — They settled, watchfully, into position — a retired couple armed with a long-nosed camera and three men with shotguns.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 2, 2020
Bangladesh was always behind the required run rate, with Shakib — with two half-centuries already to his name this World Cup — starting watchfully before opening his shoulders.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 8, 2019
And the dog, his nose in the wind, just sat back, watchfully ticking.
From "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster
