How to Use observe in a Sentence

observe

verb

• The class will be observing the movements of fish.
• We observed a large flock of birds heading north.
• She observed that every man in the room had removed his hat.
• Few cases of the disease have been observed in humans.
• The new teacher will give the lesson today and the principal will observe.
• He observed two children playing with marbles on the street corner.
• The patient must be observed constantly.
• Children learn by observing their parents and others.
• Gazans observe an austere Eid al-Fitr in the shadow of war.
  — Thomas Fuller, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2024
• It has been observed in at least 51 species from small lemurs up to bigger apes.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 4 Oct. 2023
• The object was observed again in 1883 by astronomer William Brooks.
  — Denise Chow, NBC News, 29 Oct. 2023
• The agency said ahead of the whale calf's death, the animal was observed with injuries.
  — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 5 Mar. 2024
• With short cropped hair and a focused gaze, Nixon Garcia observes from off to one side.
  — Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Dec. 2023
• Two things being true at the same time is the most obvious thing in the world, Reich observed.
  — Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2023
• This is especially easy to observe when the plants are bare root.
  — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2023
• Since June 19 falls on a Sunday this year, it will be observed on Monday.
  — Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 16 June 2023
• Be sure to observe the meat with binoculars too, the agency said.
  — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2023
• But that event was much shorter, observed for a little more than ten hours.
  — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2023
• Some of the most interesting things to observe were the short and long-stay foreigners.
  — Laia Garcia-Furtado, Vogue, 6 Jan. 2024
• The parent’s son also observed the camera and mentioned it to the parent.
  — Jeff A. Chamer, Charlotte Observer, 29 Mar. 2024
• More than a dozen reporters and two television cameras were there to observe the scene.
  — Holly Bailey, Anchorage Daily News, 11 July 2023
• In the wild, they’ve been observed using tools—a benchmark of higher cognition.
  — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 6 Oct. 2023
• Portions of Northern Kentucky observed the least amount of rain.
  — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 23 Feb. 2024
• Along the way, the duo observe the particular racial and political strife of the South after the Civil War.
  — Keith Langston, Peoplemag, 24 Nov. 2023
• Most of these performers were at an artistic peak, which becomes poignant to observe.
  — Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2024
• Prices are both high and highly variable as well as difficult to observe.
  — Benjamin Chartock, STAT, 13 Mar. 2024
• Inspectors observed raw meat being stored above and next to ready-to-eat foods in a freezer, according to the report.
  — Jacqueline Pinedo, Sacramento Bee, 29 Mar. 2024
• In other words, the effects of global warming are not abstract or to be observed over decades; the misery is already here.
  — Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 12 June 2023
• The Eclipse Soundscapes Project seeks to observe how the eclipse may disrupt diverse ecosystems by using all senses.
  — Catherine Duncan, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Mar. 2024
• According to Taub-Dix, this might be explained by the relatively short window of time observed in the study.
  — Sarah Garone, Health, 24 July 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024