keep watch

Example Sentences

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Investors should keep watch for the trade group’s pending home sales report, which measures contract signings, later this month.

From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026

Dozens of Wisconsinites volunteer each spring to keep watch against poachers as the sturgeon make their way upriver to spawn; thousands more come to watch.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

Bindi had vanished during the Covid pandemic, and Jilly spent her daily walks looking for her, posting appeals on social media and asking people in Haddenham to keep watch for her.

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2025

They had considered giving that guy money to keep watch.

From Slate • Oct. 27, 2025

“I hope you will be a great deal better, dear, but you must keep watch over your ‘bosom enemy’, as father calls it, or it may sadden, if not spoil your life.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott