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

I remember feeling perfectly safe during the dinner — I assumed, and later was told, that the two agents inside the house were supplemented by others lurking watchfully outside.

From Washington Post • Aug. 15, 2022

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

Portraits of Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt loomed watchfully.

From The Guardian • Jan. 7, 2018

He stood in the shade, waited while they closed in silently, watchfully around him.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara