watchfully

Example Sentences

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He eschewed the frantic approach of the top order, watchfully rebuilding with his equally unflappable Surrey team-mate Atkinson.

From BBC • Oct. 24, 2024

Only when I stooped to read the label for one velvety red blossom — it was a cockscomb, Celosia “Dracula” — did I notice the knee-high, cast-foam black vulture that was sitting watchfully beside it.

From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2023

STEVENS, Pa. — They settled, watchfully, into position — a retired couple armed with a long-nose camera and three men with shotguns.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 3, 2020

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

And the dog, his nose in the wind, just sat back, watchfully ticking.

From "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster