keep watch

Example Sentences

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"They make it seem like a dream job, but 100 euros to keep watch from 10 am to midnight at an hourly rate, that's exploitation," said a community activist who wished to remain anonymous for fear of reprisal.

From Barron's

Monroe coach Leo Hernandez said he got his position in 1999 because he could run with his athletes to keep watch over them.

From Los Angeles Times

Unlike Julia, at least Svetlana had the strength to lift the enormous child, and the attention span to keep watch so that he would not climb out the windows or waddle into the kitchen to play with Chef Pierre’s very sharp knives.

From Literature

They had considered giving that guy money to keep watch.

From Slate

But with the sun starting to dip behind the mountains, we finally give up, and leave the Sentinel to keep watch for the night.

From Slate