Watchers

Examples

• The watchers upon the larger vessels see to all about them. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Other watchers are glad to hear this church-clock strike, for they tell of life and coming day. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• His eyes were swollen and bloodshot, and he seemed to have forgotten that any one was by; he scowled at the watchers when he saw them. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Almost at the same moment the two watchers observed the form of a small old-fashioned child entering at the open side of the shed. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Sixty of the men employed at the laboratory were used as watchers, each to keep an eye on a certain section of the exhibit, and see there was no monkeying with it. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• It was now dusk, but the watchers at the gate saw the approaching trio and distinguished one as a prisoner ere they reached the portals. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• The men like Nietzsche and James who show the wilful origin of creeds are in reality the best watchers of the citadel of truth. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• The watchers saw him do it, however, and got hold of him and just led him out of the place with language that made the recording angels jump for their typewriters. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The two watchers ended their long vigil, exhausted, but very happy. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• What is more natural than that they should be the Ultimate Watchers? Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• From this convenient retreat, the watchers were being watched and the trackers tracked. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• They were not inclined to dispute this recommendation, but they wanted to know where they could join the watchers when so disposed. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.

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