It was the time when the masters looked for disaffection, when the overseers were most alert, when a general watchfulnesspervaded the Colony.
Twice had Landless laid his plans for a second visit, only to be circumvented each time by the watchfulness of the overseer.
One of our chief aims is to form an evenly balanced, open, symmetrical head; and this can often be accomplished better by a little watchfulness during the season of growth than at any other time.
Sawdust exudes from the holes by which they entered, and there should be sufficient watchfulness to discover them before they have done much harm.
This watchfulness is an important although comparatively minor reason why the bill was passed.
These letters give an admirable picture of Jefferson as the father, and betray an almost motherly tenderness of love for, and watchfulness over, his daughters.
From dawn to dark there came no slackening of the savage watchfulness which held the survivors helpless behind their coverts.
There was a peculiar watchfulness in her glances about the crowded room, while her flushed cheeks, and the distinctly false note in her laughter, began to trouble him not a little.
The extraordinary watchfulness and foresight of the First Consul, had prepared every comfort for them on the way.
In how great watchfulness must he live not to be infected with the contagion of the world, with which he is obliged to converse!
We ought therefore to learn to stand always in watchfulness and fear, or we shall be also cut off ourselves, to give place to others whom God will call in our room, and even compel to enter, rather than spare us.
With unwearied watchfulness and zeal he laid himself out in extirpating heresies on all sides, and in settling a reformation of manners.
The appetites of the body are only to be reduced by universal temperance, and assiduous mortification and watchfulness over all the senses.
And he was endowed from that time, by Almighty God, with the gift of such a constant watchfulness over his senses, as prevented his being ever more annoyed with the like temptations.
Here penance, watchfulness over ourselves, or the least restraint, seems intolerable.
His unremitting mortifications, his extreme modesty, and perpetual watchfulness over all his senses, preserved him from the slightest breath of contamination.
As for Prudence, I do not think her watchfulness was lessened for a single instant.
With the exception of its roof, its piazza, and its outside doors, little wood was exposed to an incendiary without; and a slight degree of watchfulness might suffice against such a danger.
Darkness being so close upon us, Thousandacres had determined to hold his court, this time, within the house, having a care to a sufficient watchfulness about the door.
It's a matter of eternal watchfulness and care and expert figuring-out of things.
During the payment a good many kegs of whiskey find their way into the lodges of the Indians, notwithstanding the watchfulness of both officers and Agent.
It is true the Red Fox occasioned her death, but by his watchfulness and care he caressed her into life again; therefore she rightfully belongs to him.
But with all its watchfulness smuggling still prevailed in every colony.
To enforce watchfulness the person in whose house a fire broke out was fined two and sixpence, and for still greater security every householder was required to set "a ladder reaching to the ridge pole, to every house that he owned.
With every mile the scene unrolled itself before him; off in the wide rolling country, which stretched on either hand, lights twinkled here and yonder, wakeful eyes of watchfulness among the hills.
Where could he go, now that our united watchfulness guards his every step?
To remove all suspicion I affected calmness, certain of finding during the day some means of escaping your watchfulness and that of my mother.
At that moment the watchfulness of Deerslayer had a little abated, for he sat musing on the means of renewing the negotiation without giving too much advantage to the other side.
They conversed but little, and then usually apart, or in groups withdrawn from the females, whilst an air of untiring, innate watchfulness and apprehension of danger seemed to be blended even with their slumbers.
In a minute he was in the centre of the narrow strip of land, and moving slowly down towards its end, the bushes rendering extreme watchfulness necessary.
As respects the men, care was had to prevent them from getting possession of any of the rifles that lay scattered about, their own included; and there all open manifestations of watchfulness ceased.
No one betrayed feeling, and an indifferent observer, beyond the extreme watchfulness of the sentinels, would have detected no extraordinary movement or sensation to denote the real state of things.
The prospects of success were now so encouraging as to raise the spirits of all in the castle, though a due watchfulness of the movements of the enemy was maintained.
The medical staff were unremitting in their ceaseless attention to their patients, and it was to their untiring watchfulness that we owed the complete recovery of our sick.
No opportunity was ever lost, and it was entirely due to this unceasing watchfulness that the expedition succeeded in advancing, although it was only inch by inch.
I thought," he almost uttered these last words to himself, "no one could cheat my watchfulness now.
Return to your room, confide in my unsleeping watchfulnessover you; you never shall go to Lancashire.
On these two accounts the disease is not to be made light of, and special watchfulness is to be exercised during the whole time of convalescence.
It will require all our watchfulness and resource if we are to be successful.
He realised then how Ella had exercised a shrewder watchfulnessthan he had ever done, although he had believed himself so clever.
But as I say it was getting too late for perfect watchfulness, in fact for any kind of effective watchfulness at all.
The work never seemed more weighty and watchfulness and prayer more needful.
It is indeed to be lamented that the light burns so dimly that was no doubt kindled by divine love, but for want of watchfulness it gleams but faintly amid surrounding darkness.
Only by secret and patient watchfulness could we discover the motive of that amazing affair near Park Lane, and again the truth of what actually occurred on that fateful November night.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "watchfulness" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
