How To Use Stand watch In A Sentence

He was prepared to stand watch and steer the ship for forty or fifty days or however long was necessary.
Near the headwaters, there's a necklace of four soft-bottomed ponds where egrets stand watch on the shore and owls roost beneath bridges.
He wanted John to stay over that night and stand watch while he, Scorch, opened the safe with something he called a jimmy! A Little Miss Nobody Or, With the Girls of Pinewood Hall
Two young mums pushing their children in front of them walk along the narrow pavement by the pub as we stand watching the traffic.
On the roof, a series of large, stylized gargoyles stand watch over the structure.

I stand Watching his stillness, like an iron nail Driven, flush to the head, Into a yew post.
Then the crew, minus the few who were to stand watch, piled into the jolly boats to go ashore.
The next day, all the men are roused to stand watch.
Its bow was severely damaged, and 23 sailors were hurt too badly to stand watch as the vessel limped back to Guam.
A few stand watching a brave soul with a karaoke machine belt out an off-key tune.
As we meet here tonight, our men and women in uniform stand watch abroad and more are readying to deploy.