watchman

Example Sentences

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Dick ordered Edward and Glenn Juenke, the night watchman, to begin evacuating Bug House and two other cabins by the river.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

Last month, Richard Abath, the night watchman who mistakenly allowed in the thieves, died at 57.

From New York Times • Mar. 18, 2024

They had also planted a watchman in the bank, Patrick Shevlin.

From Slate • Dec. 28, 2023

Prosecutors said the captain failed to have a night watchman or conduct fire drills as required by law.

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2023

It would take the watchman more than an hour before he passed that way again.

From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg