watchfully

Example Sentences

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After batting watchfully in the early part of his innings, Stokes took 42 runs from the final 29 balls before he was dismissed, including three sixes.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2024

Only when I stooped to read the label for one velvety red blossom — it was a cockscomb, Celosia “Dracula” — did I notice the knee-high, cast-foam black vulture that was sitting watchfully beside it.

From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2023

I remember feeling perfectly safe during the dinner — I assumed, and later was told, that the two agents inside the house were supplemented by others lurking watchfully outside.

From Washington Post • Aug. 15, 2022

Rahane, who will take the arm-band from his skipper next week in Melbourne, defends the rest watchfully.

From The Guardian • Dec. 17, 2020

So her sleep was broken and shallow, on the floor of the shack with all the other sleepers, and her death sat watchfully beside her.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman