How to Use neighborhood watch in a Sentence

neighborhood watch

noun

• He was thought of as the mosque’s neighborhood watch.
  — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2026
• Because of this, their usual nightly troupe of dog walkers turned into a neighborhood watch party.
  — Zach Boetto, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026
• Sacramento residents rushed to buy handguns, rifles and shotguns and set up neighborhood watch groups to stand guard at night.
  — Sam Stanton, Sacbee.com, 18 Nov. 2025
• Organizers have led local people to form neighborhood watch groups, clean up streets, and direct traffic.
  — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Feb. 2025
• Leading the charge, Daniels assembled a group of local residents to form a neighborhood watch and deter trouble.
  — David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Sep. 2025
• Safe and Sound offers a program called Block Watch, where residents can sign up to meet their neighbors and act as a neighborhood watch.
  — Everett Eaton, jsonline.com, 19 Dec. 2025
• Aside from the fan festival, Boston is hosting official neighborhood watch parties for six World Cup matches.
  — Neal Riley, CBS News, 12 June 2026
• Steve Gleason, co-founder of Crowfoot Range and a member of the Avimor neighborhood watch, was the first to point out the glint of a pickup truck on the far hill.
  — Noah Daly august 6, Idaho Statesman, 6 Aug. 2026
• For some, routine activities have taken on a new purpose, with neighbors turning nightly dog walks into informal neighborhood watch patrols.
  — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026
• While removed, Daniels organized a neighborhood watch in response to neo-Nazi activity in the community.
  — David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Sep. 2025
• In response, residents formed a neighborhood watch group to communicate about suspicious activity.
  — Nina Burns, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2026
• Johnson is the neighborhood watch captain on their street, and as such, her house is fitted with 16 security cameras, including the one that captured the moments the person appeared to set the fire.
  — Brittney Ermon, CBS News, 29 June 2026
• Describing themselves as a professional neighborhood watch group, former gang members and addicts are helping Venice residents clear encampments from their doorsteps.
  — Laurie Perez, CBS News, 31 July 2026
• In recent months, neighborhood watch groups adopted warning systems similar to those used in other cities targeted by immigration enforcement, relying on whistles and car horns to alert others.
  — Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 10 Jan. 2026
• From Madison Square Garden to neighborhood watch parties across New York City, fans stuck with the team until the final buzzer of Game 3.
  — Aziza Shuler, CBS News, 9 June 2026
• Working with businesses, residents and neighborhood watch groups, the POP unit receives tips from community members and investigates them.
  — Reeti Malhotra july 13, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2026
• The Obama Foundation has not yet announced the names of guests performers at the ceremony, but it will be streamed at a neighborhood watch party at the Midway Plaisance and online.
  — Chicago Tribune, 4 June 2026
• Boston is hosting a FIFA Fan Festival on City Hall Plaza, as well as six free neighborhood watch parties around the city.
  — Neal Riley, CBS News, 10 June 2026
• On the popular street of Orange Grove in San Fernando where crowds line up during Halloween, Uncle Eric was our honorary neighborhood watch.
  — Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026
• Since becoming chief in Miami Springs, Castillo has overseen initiatives including a citywide neighborhood watch program and expanded traffic enforcement efforts.
  — Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 18 May 2026
• In this supernatural thriller, you’re transported back to the 1980’s and 90’s of Charleston, South Carolina, where a book club turns into a neighborhood watch as a newcomer to the city might be a blood-sucking demon.
  — Amanda Favazza, Southern Living, 6 Feb. 2026
• In 2012, George Zimmerman, the Florida neighborhood watch volunteer who fatally shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, was arrested and charged with second-degree murder.
  — ABC News, 23 Mar. 2026
• The Black Lives Matter movement first emerged in 2013 after the acquittal of George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Florida.
  — Sean Murphy, Fortune, 12 Dec. 2025