nightwatch

Example Sentences

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The nightwatch must have been somewhere about on patrol, probably only a few hundred feet away, on the other side of the ship.

From Grove of the Unborn by Venable, Lyn

Among other things, he regularly assisted Madigan by relieving him of outdoor duties on the day after his nightwatch, when the chief meteorologist was due for a "watch below."

From The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 by Mawson, Douglas, Sir

"Ten o'clock of a sultry night and all's well!" drawled the nightwatch, recovering his lantern and lighting it.

From The Liberty Boys Running the Blockade or, Getting Out of New York by Moore, Harry

She learned the true method of atonement in the stillness of that nightwatch.

From The Old Homestead by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)

"Pooh! as usual, you gentlemen of the nightwatch are badly informed," grumbled the ostler, pushing the dog into a corner.

From The Son of Clemenceau by Dumas fils, Alexandre