Adjective : The sentry remained watchful throughout the night. From Dictionary.com.
Allow your eyes to look "watchfully" and "critically" at people who underestimate you. From Wordnik.com. [Popular Posts Across MetaFilter] Reference
Ilna marched along beside her watchfully nonetheless. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of the Isles] Reference
The Captain started to speak, then fell watchfully silent. From Wordnik.com. [Breaking Point] Reference
She is solicitous & wants me well & watchfully taken care of. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Twain: A Biography] Reference
Silan was leaning slightly forward, and looking watchfully ahead. From Wordnik.com. [Creatures That Once Were Men, and other stories] Reference
And the hustlers sitting watchfully as they wait there by the door. From Wordnik.com. [Summer Wages] Reference
His pale eyes always peered watchfully from under the brim of his hat. From Wordnik.com. [Shaman's Crossing]
Else ought I more watchfully to have heeded the voice from the clouds. From Wordnik.com. [The Confessions] Reference
Mr. Saunderson regarded him watchfully, as he spoke, "a great deal of time.". From Wordnik.com. [Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker] Reference
But Jolanta was backing away from me very watchfully, her hands in her purse. From Wordnik.com. [The Hotel New Hampshire]
We will follow her from the port, and keep watchfully in the good ship's wake. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 54, No. 338, December 1843] Reference
The violet fires of the flanking stars pulsed out — watchfully, threateningly. From Wordnik.com. [The Metal Monster] Reference
"You are now just as you sit watchfully when you should be painting my picture.". From Wordnik.com. [Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso] Reference
He was a handsome animal, standing watchfully and quietly beside the tall woman. From Wordnik.com. [The Plains of Passage]
Aurelia marched in and stood looking about, Cardixa hovering watchfully at her back. From Wordnik.com. [The First Man in Rome]
Then he followed watchfully and stealthily, keeping always at the same distance behind. From Wordnik.com. [The Cryptogram A Novel] Reference
It is a growth of the years, to be nurtured patiently, prayerfully, watchfully, steadily. From Wordnik.com. [The Unfolding Life A Study of Development with Reference to Religious Training] Reference
Chu Chu, standing watchfully at a little distance, was evidently astonished at his appearance. From Wordnik.com. [Short Stories of Various Types] Reference
Greece therefore must congratulate herself for holding back and watchfully awaiting developments. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915] Reference
Spies watchfully circled about, their ears alert to catch each sound, noting faces, manners, and words. From Wordnik.com. [Mother] Reference
In them, fixed watchfully upon the closed door, was concentrated the whole vitality of the failing body. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
Each of the four catapult ships had three or four Empyreal Defense Force ships hovering watchfully nearby. From Wordnik.com. [Angelmass]
Let the marks and scars upon our armour teach us our danger, and help us to fight more watchfully, more humbly. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Duty, v. 2 A year's plain sermons on the Gospels or Epistles] Reference
The black man was looking back watchfully, lifting her reins a bit so as to keep the horse's head out of the water. From Wordnik.com. [Lonesome Dove]
The sound of her voice, reserved and close, the sight of her figure watchfully poised, defensive, was helping him now. From Wordnik.com. [In Chancery] Reference
Winifred, beginning to be ‘interesting,’ owing to the approach of a little Dartie, kept her eyes somewhat watchfully on. From Wordnik.com. [On Forsyte 'Change] Reference
Through all these bargains and blessings, the recruiting-sergeant watchfully elbowed his way, a thread of War in the peaceful skein. From Wordnik.com. [The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices] Reference
Then they sauntered over to my house and sat on the steps for half an hour, while at her request I remained watchfully in the garden. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Gatsby] Reference
One by one the twenty candidates standing for election as tribunes of the plebs declared themselves, while Marius stood by watchfully. From Wordnik.com. [The First Man in Rome]
He thought they looked rather like sheep, bunched together, their heads turned watchfully towards their protective enemy, the sheep-dog. From Wordnik.com. [The Nursing Home Murder]
When she held her hands out she took her eyes from Mr. Jaggers, and turned them watchfully on every one of the rest of us in succession. From Wordnik.com. [Great Expectations] Reference
While speaking, and afterwards, the lady kept watchfully between her and the staircase, as if prepared to oppose her going up, by force. From Wordnik.com. [Our Mutual Friend] Reference
The four thugs stood around me watchfully, as if I could slide out of their ropes and knots, which I couldn't, but not for lack of trying. From Wordnik.com. [To The Hilt]
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