watched over

Example Sentences

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But an ingredient for encouraging development of outdoor kids becoming extinct: neighborhoods—the kinds where moms at home and older adults watched over the young ones.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

Crumbling houses line the streets, watched over by a solitary clock tower.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

The series has already been watched over 12.7 million times since its release on the streaming site on January 1, with only the final series of Stranger Things proving more popular.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2026

Knowing that Flo’s faithful son Flint was nearby and grieving, Goodall watched over the body all night to keep marauding bush pigs from violating her remains.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2025

The doctor grants all the conditions but one: Vincent cannot leave whenever he wants because he needs to be watched over carefully.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman