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
STEVENS, Pa. — They settled, watchfully, into position — a retired couple armed with a long-nosed camera and three men with shotguns.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 2, 2020
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
“Mah name ain’t no Jim,” Tea Cake said watchfully.
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
