Watching

Examples

• I saw them stop near the church and speak to the sexton's wife, who had come from the cottage, and had waited, watching us from a distance. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I'm quick to take this fright, I know, and my head is summ'at light with wearying and watching. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• You have been watching us from behind that bush? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• It is a priest of Juno that stands before me, watching late and lone at a shrine in an Argive temple. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• He knew they all were watching him, too, but he watched only Pablo. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Therein that first classe I was, thence I had been watching him; but there I could not find courage to await his approach. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• So, the Spider, doggedly watching Estella, outwatched many brighter insects, and would often uncoil himself and drop at the right nick of time. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• They spoke low, as people watching and waiting mostly do; as people in a dark room, watching and waiting for Lightning, always do. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• The aunt was a young woman, and she had a serious way with her eyes of watching me. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Do you mean that you believe he is watching now? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The outer door was quickly opened, and Tom, who was watching outside, was on the alert, in a moment. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• They were all watching carefully. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• I looked back and saw Rinaldi standing watching me and waved to him. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• Lieutenant Berrendo, watching the captain's face and his odd eyes, thought he was going to shoot the man then. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• She was watching the fingers twitch across the eternal, mechanical, monotonous clock-face of time. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .

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