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

By late May, several hundred men were sitting on the dark volcanic gravel covering the streets of Murambi village on Goma's northern outskirts, watched over by members of the M23.

From Barron's • Jan. 23, 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

Several police officers and military guards watched over the 70-year-old and his wife, as voters huddled around, hoping to catch a peek of their president.

From BBC • Sep. 16, 2025

And in this past day, Christmas Eve, while the clock made two complete rotations of its own, I watched over three tiny creatures whose lungs struggled like the flat, useless wings of butterflies prematurely emerged.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver