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
A phalanx of guards with full armor and riot shields watched over proceedings.
From Barron's • Apr. 24, 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
Knowing that Flo’s faithful son Flint was nearby and grieving, Goodall watched over the body all night to keep marauding bush pigs from violating her remains.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2025
When she was little, and Alice Manfred agreed to sew for a month or two, Dorcas was watched over after school by the Miller sisters.
From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison
