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watching over

adjective as in nursing

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Example Sentences

The people of Fairview Township, Pa. can finally sleep at night knowing the Ku Klux Klan is watching over them.

But with winking acquiescence, the FDA, though nominally still watching over shoulders, more or less disappeared.

The only thing that had happened was the most ordinary thing in the world—somebody was watching over the country.

Hardly the kinds of creatures you want watching over you as you sleep.

If President Obama is not watching over the executive branch, then who is?

While I was watching over my shoulder, three or four sandeaters coming out of the back room shoved me aside to get at him.

It was only kind Providence watching over us that saved us from being shot as spies—at least being taken prisoners.

At Ion Grandma Elsie lay quietly sleeping, her three daughters watching over her with tenderest care and solicitude.

Jacopo Ruffini and his own dead sister were praying for him, watching over him, inspiring him with strength and love.

Hugh had for many years been watching over the growth of a young blackthorn sapling.

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On this page you'll find 6 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to watching over, such as: attending, cherishing, fostering, tending, and caring for.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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