watchfully
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Bouchier started watchfully, making just eight off her first 19 balls, before a flurry of boundaries off medium-pacer Jane Maguire in the sixth over kickstarted her knock.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
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
I remember feeling perfectly safe during the dinner — I assumed, and later was told, that the two agents inside the house were supplemented by others lurking watchfully outside.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 15, 2022
The Brummy Botham is right on the mark to Khawaja, who plays him very watchfully to begin.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 1, 2019
She turned and beckoned to Julius, standing, as ever, watchfully in the shadows.
From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks
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