watchfulness

Example Sentences

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In the book, he writes of "angry crescendos and heavy silences" from his parents' bedroom, which instilled a "constant watchfulness that became instinct before I understood why".

From BBC • Sep. 15, 2025

For many of the rest of us—for me—the response to the election seems to be primarily a grim watchfulness, the miserable anticipation of what fresh hell the news is about to bring.

From Slate • Jan. 20, 2025

There is a watchfulness to her, a sense of thoughts tumbling behind those eyes.

From New York Times • Mar. 22, 2024

Vienna quickly identified herself, and Tortuguita’s watchfulness melted into the bubbly, curious, funny persona so many in the forest knew.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 29, 2023

And with her father, her brooding watchfulness sharpened into poison.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie