How to Use keep watch in a Sentence

keep watch

phrase
  • The group is on contract with the city to keep watch over the area.
    Star Tribune, 3 June 2021
  • The group has been on a contract with the city to keep watch over the area.
    Star Tribune Staff, Star Tribune, 3 June 2021
  • Anne is staying back, no longer with a husband to keep watch over through race day.
    Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 28 May 2021
  • The best way to know for certain is to keep watch and try to find the creature at work.
    Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Looking for more goodies to help keep watch on your little ones?
    Kevin Cortez, Popular Mechanics, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Others keep watch from their cars or patrol the nearby parks.
    Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2021
  • Prepare for cold weather, and keep watch for wildlife like bison and elk.
    Stephanie Vermillion, Outside, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Police sometimes park outside the homes and keep watch overnight.
    James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Aidan swears that his dad has taken to inhabiting blue jays to keep watch over him.
    Byreuters, ABC News, 7 May 2022
  • Ever dreamed of having a tiny snail keep watch over your simmering stew?
    Kat Thompson, Bon Appétit, 19 Oct. 2023
  • As for the northern lights, be sure to keep watch toward the north for a hint of auroras.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Some are being hidden by friends who are helping keep watch or bringing them supplies.
    Ben Westcott, CNN, 17 Sep. 2021
  • German shepherds keep watch, and an armed soldier patrols the river by boat.
    Vadim Smyslov, WIRED, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Some neighbors keep watch in front of the Si family’s driveway.
    Thuc Nhi Nguyen Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2021
  • The job of journalists is to keep watch, to investigate and to report.
    Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Do fellow beekeepers a favor and keep watch for the yellow-legged hornet.
    Cole Sikes Communications and Marketing Specialist Alabama Cooperative Extension System, al, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Thousands of soldiers were brought in to keep watch and, if necessary, defend against an attack.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 May 2024
  • Straus suggested that a neighbor, Jim Hart, who gets the Post, could be good to keep watch.
    Naaman Zhou, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024
  • On busy nights, about 14 security guards keep watch at his businesses.
    Cassidy Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Billboard charts are updated weekly, so keep watch for Essence climbing even higher up the list.
    Essence, 12 Oct. 2021
  • So, keep watch, as Dortch would be a WR4 if Harrison has to miss time again.
    Jake Ciely, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2025
  • And those along the western Gulf Coast will need to keep watch on the Gulf of Mexico.
    Leigh Morgan, al, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Depending on how much tissue was excavated, the wound may be left open to keep watch for infection.
    Scott Sundick, Verywell Health, 25 June 2023
  • Bentley, the family’s 13-year-old Yorkie, loves to keep watch out the living room windows.
    Kelly Ryan Kegans, Country Living, 23 Aug. 2023
  • The 17-year-old girl appeared in the footage to keep watch as the other two teens carried out the attack, the affidavit states.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2021
  • Dendritic cells keep watch over all parts of the body like sentinels, searching for signs of invading germs – like the coronavirus.
    Glenn J Rapsinski, The Conversation, 30 Aug. 2021
  • But the strategy of locking up products, which is cheaper for them than hiring more staff to keep watch throughout a store, has backfired.
    Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Yes, there's a very pretty swath of sand leading to the Atlantic Ocean, where lifeguards keep watch every day of the year.
    Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Tight ends like to stick together, so keep watch of DeGraaf and Swanson for the future.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Multiple counties in the area hunkered down and schools remained closed amid warnings from officials to keep watch for the suspect.
    Connor Giffin, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2024

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