Examples of vigilance in a Sentence
eternal vigilance is the price of freedom
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Sheriff’s officials stressed the importance of community vigilance.
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Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Its continued survival is a reminder that conservation requires not just success stories but constant vigilance.
—Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Instead one was woken into an eternal godlike vigilance, as though the experience of objectification had in the end borne the fruit of objectivity.
—Rachel Cusk, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2025
McKee could live his life — with vigilance.
—Zach Berman, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
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Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Its continued survival is a reminder that conservation requires not just success stories but constant vigilance.
—Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Instead one was woken into an eternal godlike vigilance, as though the experience of objectification had in the end borne the fruit of objectivity.
—Rachel Cusk, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2025
McKee could live his life — with vigilance.
—Zach Berman, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
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“Vigilance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vigilance. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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vigilance
noun
vig·i·lance
ˈvij-ə-lən(t)s 
: the quality or state of being vigilant
Medical Definition
vigilance
noun
vig·i·lance
ˈvij-ə-lən(t)s
: the quality or state of being wakeful and alert : degree of wakefulness or responsiveness to stimuli
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