watched over

Example Sentences

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But an ingredient for encouraging development of outdoor kids becoming extinct: neighborhoods—the kinds where moms at home and older adults watched over the young ones.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

Fires burned at artisanal mine sites, where night guards watched over equipment.

From Barron's • Jan. 15, 2026

The series has already been watched over 12.7 million times since its release on the streaming site on January 1, with only the final series of Stranger Things proving more popular.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2026

In a cobbler's workshop in Los Angeles, the footprints of Hollywood history are stacked floor to ceiling, watched over by a man who says his profession is dying.

From Barron's • Oct. 26, 2025

Papa said that Mama watched over him from heaven.

From "I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912" by Lauren Tarshis