watch over

How To Use watch over In A Sentence

• He, however, believes that the biggest threat to the rhinos is that they could be poached, although the state has employed several guards to watch over them.
• Mr Ellis said he hoped to set up a patrol group to watch over the village streets.
• The son brings a small mound of rice, water, and flowers or fruit, and beseeches his forebears to keep their protective watch over the family and its fortunes.
• Even the moneys of Cyprus were flowing somewhat overfreely into the coffers of the Venetian Provveditori who kept vigilant watch over the island kingdom -- which was, in truth, no longer anything but a Venetian province, except in name. The Royal Pawn of Venice A Romance of Cyprus
• It's like trusting a wolf to watch over sheep.
• The feldspar statue keeps intent, slit-eyed watch over a tomb.
• The mother dedicated her time in Knock to walking around the church praying for an angel to watch over her daughter in her absence.
• In the past, a foreman or supervisor would keep watch over staff to ensure production in the factory was maintained.
• The ancestors watch over their descendants, punishing or rewarding them for their behavior.
• The guards were originally hired to watch over the houses as they were being built.