To the monarch, or his slave, he appeared unconscious of aught save the play of water; but one nearer to him would have seen that no movement of either escaped the now watchful eye of the boy.
He should be a good accountant, prompt, watchfuland attentive.
All this will involve the necessity of a watchful study of child-nature, child-language, and child-character.
They must evince a more anxious andwatchful desire to notice and approve what is right in them, than to condemn that which is wrong.
Every thing that the most zealous affection, the most solicitous care could do to render her comfortable, was the office of each watchful companion, and each found their reward in her bodily ease, and her calmness of spirits.
There literally seemed to be not one inch of the way that the watchful eyes of the officers, the drivers, or we women were not strained to discover every object that specked the horizon or rose on the trail in front of us.
We had to be watchful all the time we were in the South.
There was a pair of watchful eyes at a crack in the kitchen-door, which took in this little incident.
The Doctor, of course, knew all that had occurred, and though he hoped that Julian would have been sufficiently punished, he kept a very watchful eye over him.
But in the far South Sea they are not visible; other constellations, however, whose relative positions are as fixed in the Southern Hemisphere, become equally sure guides to the watchful navigator.
On such occasions their short forepaws hang limp before them, while their restless heads and delicate ears turn hither and thither in watchful care against surprise.
They dared not attack the ever-watchful white men openly, but determined to effect by strategy what they dared not attempt in the open field.
In the meantime the watchful white men observed that the numbers of the Indians had more than doubled and more and more were coming with each succeeding day.
She should avoid the possibility of judging the woman harshly in a period of stress, but be watchful for signs of deterioration and resourceful to combat them.
And for yet other reasons it is well to keep a watchful eye upon the neighborhood in which the family is living for reports about the man.
Cry mercy, lords and watchful gentlemen, That you have ta'en a tardy sluggard here.
To Thee I do commend my watchful soul Ere I let fall the windows of mine eyes.
Now bung the barrels, but keep a watchful eye upon them for some time, lest the beer should suddenly ferment again and burst them, which is no uncommon accident where due care is not taken.
Even while she listened, she suddenly heard Blanche reply to some words of her lover, which had escaped her watchful ears.
Probably the Romanists had no more watchful enemy.
You are right to be watchful over the young girl," said the lady, when I overtook them, "as you cannot tell what treachery might be played her.
Watchful Ahri showed them to the compartment he had secured for them, and soon they were on their way to Cairo.
But instead of leaving it, he put it in his pocket, saying to the watchful janitor that perhaps it would be better to mail it.
This plan having been properly regulated, the necessary letter was sent to Bath, and Miss Woodley waited with patience, but with a watchful guard upon the conduct of her friend, till the answer should arrive.
Yet did the watchful Miss Woodley oftentimes hear a sigh escape from her unknown to herself, till she was reminded of it, and then a sudden blush would instantly overspread her face.
Falkenhein, who always kept a watchful eye on each one of his officers, and who up to that moment had not heard much in favour of this young man, thought it best to take down his pride a little.
But she was truly sorry when this had been the case, and would ask to be forgiven with many tears; and she also prayed for divine grace, that she might try to be more watchful for the time to come.
The loss of the birthday present had a great effect upon Louisa, so that she became more watchful over her temper and conduct.
All the more reason, then, why he should be as watchful as the most watchful artist in his choice and use of the modes of his particular art.
I would not have dared to go into that room that night to have met the look of his single watchful eye.
That dark, watchful figure that seemed to have been sitting at the foot of my bed for centuries, that was János!
Then Smith, the watchful sailor beside him, grim and silent and stern now, picked off the man at the wheel of the steam-launch, while Geoff transferred his attention to the Turk whose head bobbed up and down above the engine.
The universities were almost the only centres of intellectual activity, and they usually exercised a watchful care over the aberrations of their members.
Others enjoyed Brazilian forests and African jungles, hand-to-hand encounters with gorillas and hair-breadth 'scapes from watchful tigers.
She had the keen insight, the delicate instinct, dainty in expression of manner and speech, of a woman habituee du monde for many crowded and watchful years.
Mrs. Davis was very watchful lest some disrespect should be shown her husband.
Her extravagance is hardly discreet, considering a watchful and censorious world; but when one has such powerful and extremely loyal friends, discretion is unnecessary.
Let me no more from out thy presence go, But keep me waitingwatchful for thy will-- Even while I do it, waiting watchful still.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "watchful" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
