keep watch

Example Sentences

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By using the wealth of skills and expertise gathered at the different volcano observatories, teams of experts work together to keep watch and send warning when a dormant volcano is about to become active.

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“And, Nighthand: you need to keep watch for the dragon. Me and Christopher will go.”

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They agreed, in the end, to sleep in the boat, taking turns to keep watch through the night.

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It meant burning to keep watch, for that which needed to be watched.

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“I’ll get my slippers. You stay here and keep watch.”

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