Examples of watch over in a Sentence
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The novel’s women and children include 16-year-old June Branahan; June’s newborn daughter, Grace; her mother, Bethel; her Aunty Beauty; and her deceased Granny Justice, who watches over, and sometimes narrates, the fates of her living kin.
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Meredith Maran, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
The exciting news was shared by Friends of Big Bear Valley, the organization that watches over the eagle family through a live nest camera.
—Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Apr. 2026
The 38-year-old doctor also spends weeklong stretches in an understaffed ICU, watching over patients as ventilators hum and conversations tip between survival and loss.
—Michal Ruprecht, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2026
Agnes attends a preparatory school run by Dowd’s Aunt Lydia, who watches over the daughters of Gilead’s elite both literally and in the form of a towering statue in the school’s atrium.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 2 Apr. 2026
Asawa’s descendants keep close watch over the artist’s legacy.
—News Desk, Artforum, 1 Apr. 2026
On one small block alone, at least five cameras watch over sidewalks, driveways and front doors.
—Abby Dodge, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
Kauffman Stadium has been Sarah Nauser’s happy place for years, as a teenager heading to The K after softball practice at Blue Springs High with her best friend and as an adult, for a few precious innings, getting to watch over the dugout in her last day in full uniform as a police officer.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 30 Mar. 2026
In fact, viewers watched over 700 million hours of podcasts on living room devices in October 2025, up from 400 million hours a year earlier, according to YouTube data.
—Cat Cardenas, Variety, 19 Mar. 2026
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Meredith Maran, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
The exciting news was shared by Friends of Big Bear Valley, the organization that watches over the eagle family through a live nest camera.
—Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Apr. 2026
The 38-year-old doctor also spends weeklong stretches in an understaffed ICU, watching over patients as ventilators hum and conversations tip between survival and loss.
—Michal Ruprecht, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2026
Agnes attends a preparatory school run by Dowd’s Aunt Lydia, who watches over the daughters of Gilead’s elite both literally and in the form of a towering statue in the school’s atrium.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 2 Apr. 2026
Asawa’s descendants keep close watch over the artist’s legacy.
—News Desk, Artforum, 1 Apr. 2026
On one small block alone, at least five cameras watch over sidewalks, driveways and front doors.
—Abby Dodge, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
Kauffman Stadium has been Sarah Nauser’s happy place for years, as a teenager heading to The K after softball practice at Blue Springs High with her best friend and as an adult, for a few precious innings, getting to watch over the dugout in her last day in full uniform as a police officer.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 30 Mar. 2026
In fact, viewers watched over 700 million hours of podcasts on living room devices in October 2025, up from 400 million hours a year earlier, according to YouTube data.
—Cat Cardenas, Variety, 19 Mar. 2026
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“Watch over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/watch%20over. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.
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