Use the word watch in a sentence

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watch (v, n): to look at something for a period of time, especially something that is changing or moving; a small clock that is worn on a strap around the wrist or, sometimes, connected to a piece of clothing by a chain

Use “watch” in a sentence

He helped me fix my watch.
He seems to enjoy watching horror movies.
An expensive watch is not necessarily a good one.
My watch is very precise.
I prefer reading books to watching television.
What’s the price of this watch?
I like watching motor racing on television.
Watch your step. The stairs are very steep.
He doesn’t like watching violent movies.
He doesn’t watch TV at all.
Is your watch correct?
He repaired his watch by himself.

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Synonym: care for, guard, look at, mind, observe, protect, regard, shield, tend, view. Similar words: watch out for, catch, patch, catches, catch on, scratch, catch fire, catch up with. Meaning: [wɑtʃ /wɒ-]  n. 1. a small portable timepiece 2. a period of time (4 or 2 hours) during which some of a ship’s crew are on duty 3. a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe 4. the period during which someone (especially a guard) is on duty 5. a person employed to watch for something to happen 6. the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival). v. 1. look attentively 2. follow with the eyes or the mind 3. see or watch 4. observe with attention 5. be vigilant, be on the lookout, be on one’s guard, be careful 6. observe or determine by looking 7. find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort. 

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1. Good watch prevents misfortune.

2. A man, like a watch, is to be valued by his manner of going. 

3. Harm watch, harm catch.

4. Though thy enemy seem a mouse, yet watch him like a lion. 

5. I have detached the watch from the chain.

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6. Watch out for that man.

7. He was robbed of his watch.

8. I cannot find my watch;I must have lost it.

9. Cry myself laugh to watch my own trouble.

10. To watch the sunrise must wait till dawn.

11. You ought to get your watch repaired.

12. My watch was smashed against the wall.

13. Watch out! Lee’s in a belligerent mood.

14. No, I just like to watch.

15. He would sit quietly and watch what was happening.

16. The lighted dial of her watch said 1.20.

17. Inside the box was a gold watch.

18. Wind up your watch every day.

19. The man glanced nervously at his watch.

20. The police put a watch on the suspect’s house.

21. The watch was cheap, but it goes quite well.

22. The thief robbed me of my watch.

23. My mother bought me a waterproof watch.

24. He was mad with me for losing his watch.

25. Neither watch works,they’re both broken.

26. This is my watch, it’s a Swiss one.

27. Do you mind if I watch?

28. Come round tonight and we’ll watch a video.

29. I bust my watch this morning.

30. What time is it by your watch?

More similar words: watch out for, catch, patch, catches, catch on, scratch, catch fire, catch up with, water, by water, hold water, boiling water, Dutch, bitch, pitch, stretch, switch, pitcher, kitchen, switch off, switch on, stretch out. 

Sentences with watch. The sentences below are ordered by length from shorter and easier to longer and more complex. They use watch in a sentence, providing visitors a sentence for watch.

  • He had left his watch. (8)
  • He looked at his watch. (8)
  • Put your watch by mine. (8)
  • Jon looked at his watch. (8)
  • She looked at her watch. (8)
  • March looked at his watch. (9)
  • She glanced at her watch. (10)
  • She plucked at her watch. (10)
  • Winton took out his watch. (8)
  • Why had his watch stopped? (22)
  • Chillon drew out his watch. (10)
  • Westover looked at his watch. (9)
  • Beauchamp inspected his watch. (10)
  • Edward held his watch balancing. (10)
  • What would you do with the watch? (9)
  • Impossible to watch and question him. (8)
  • So my father said he would watch me. (10)
  • The old gentleman pulled out his watch. (10)
  • The next moment she consulted her watch. (10)
  • The next moment she consulted her watch. (22)
  • He looked at his watch, as they rowed away. (9)
  • He caught his watch swinging and stared at it. (10)
  • She looked at the little watch in her wristlet. (9)
  • There he struck a match and looked at his watch. (8)
  • What good to watch, if he were never coming back! (8)
  • And, acting up to his light, Sir Austin did watch. (10)
  • One of these was the time after he had wound his watch. (9)
  • To do that you had to watch your opportunity, I suppose? (8)
  • And the cat stole back to the window to watch the swallows. (8)
  • I am anxious to watch the effect she produces at Penarvon. (10)
  • Did you ever watch a school of fishes coasting along a bank? (8)
  • Hitherto I have seen no actual need of it, and I watch keenly. (10)
  • Every other minute he is glancing at the tent and at his watch. (10)
  • And now, twenty-four hours and more must pass, because-of not looking at his watch! (8)
  • But what do you think of him wanting to sleep there and watch me? (12)
  • It was jolly to watch his eyes twinkle and his thin cheeks puff out. (8)
  • From there she could watch the sunset clouds wine-dark over the river. (8)
  • Returning to his chair, he looked at his watch; it was half-past nine. (1)
  • There was Tom Bakewell to watch over Lucy: there was work for him to do. (10)
  • Observing the altercation his men had gathered about to watch the outcome. (1)
  • Like veiled faces, showing no emotion, they seemed to watch his indecision. (8)
  • Their deftest of tricks to their least She gathered in watch as she worked. (10)
  • She would sit in a corner, and watch things and people with her clever eyes. (12)
  • He looked at his watch, old and thin like himself; he had owned it fifty years. (8)
  • He would not talk to Hilary, and the latter was compelled to watch the shopmen. (8)
  • Gray daylight blanched the window and the bed: his watch said five of the morning. (10)
  • One thing was certain: Lienhard would watch her breathlessly, nay, tremble for her. (5)
  • Reaching a hand to the watch over his head, he caught sight of the unearthly hour. (10)
  • Stroud and the racing man went to watch the game; Shelton was left once more to reverie. (8)
  • He opened a little cabinet, and with a bow gave Judith a watch of very old Nürnberger make. (12)
  • No sooner had the stranger mounted than the old men arose to watch him disappear up the road. (18)
  • He stood neat and trim from the silk socks to the sprig of necktie in six minutes by my watch. (10)
  • The Protestant parson is the policeman set to watch over the respectability of the middle-class. (10)
  • Alvan went to his room, looked at his watch, and out of the window, incapable of imagining any event. (10)
  • So she submitted outwardly, resisted inwardly, on the watch to stop him from taking any decisive lead. (10)
  • His watch confirmed it to him that any dinner which had been provided for him at the Club would be spoilt. (22)
  • Lapham took out his watch and looked at it, and Bartley perceived that his audience was drawing to a close. (9)
  • On the morrow, while he still slept stretched on his straw pallet, there came to him a member of the Watch. (8)
  • Watch in hand, she questioned the ladies as to their occupations, and told them what time they had to dispose of. (10)
  • My father said his son was not in haste to inherit and have estates of his own to watch and Sir Miles laughed too. (10)
  • I like to watch the couples, and try to make out which are engaged, or going to be, and which are married, or better be. (9)
  • I shall deliver it when he recovers and watch my opportunity to learn its contents after he has broken the seal himself. (18)
  • Strong and full sang the nightingales that night Farina held watch by the guilty castle that entombed his living beloved. (10)
  • The sound of the regimental bugles drew him from the house, rather than any immediate settled scheme to watch at the gates. (10)
  • They seemed to watch all these circling, chatting, bending, smiling people with a sort of youthful, matter-of-fact, half-hostile curiosity. (8)
  • In truth, as the earl had noticed, she was physically depressed by the strain of her protracted watch over Beauchamp, as well as rather heartsick. (10)
  • Apparently he would have preferred to watch her dark downcast eyelashes in silence under sanction of his air of abstract meditation and the melancholy superinducing it. (10)

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verb (used without object)

to be alertly on the lookout, look attentively, or observe, as to see what comes, is done, or happens: to watch while an experiment is performed.

to look or wait attentively and expectantly (usually followed by for): to watch for a signal; to watch for an opportunity.

to be careful or cautious: Watch when you cross the street.

to keep awake, especially for a purpose; remain vigilant, as for protection or safekeeping: to watch with a sick person.

to keep vigil, as for devotional purposes.

to keep guard: She was assigned to watch at the door.

verb (used with object)

to keep under attentive view or observation, as in order to see or learn something; view attentively or with interest: to watch a play; to watch a football game.

to contemplate or regard mentally: to watch his progress.

to look or wait attentively and expectantly for: to watch one’s opportunity.

to guard, tend, or oversee, especially for protection or safekeeping: to watch the baby.

noun

close, continuous observation for the purpose of seeing or discovering something: Their watch for the birds was unrewarding.

vigilant guard, as for protection or restraint: to keep watch for prowlers.

a keeping awake for some special purpose: a watch beside a sickbed.

a period of time for watching or keeping guard: to stand the first watch.

a small, portable timepiece, as a wrist watch or pocket watch.

Nautical.

  1. a period of time, usually four hours, during which one part of a ship’s crew is on duty, taking turns with another part.
  2. the officers and crew who attend to the working of a ship for an allotted period of time.

one of the periods, usually three or four, into which the night was divided in ancient times, as by the Greeks or Hebrews: the fourth watch of the night.

a person or group that watches, as a lookout, guard, or sentinel: A watch was posted at sunset.

Also called storm watch. Meteorology. an announcement from the U.S. National Weather Service alerting the public that dangerous weather conditions are a possibility and that vigilance and precautionary preparations are advised: hurricane watch;tornado watch.Compare advisory (def. 5), warning (def. 3).

a flock of nightingales.

Verb Phrases

watch out, to be on one’s guard; be cautious: Watch out for cars when you cross the road.

watch over, to guard for protection or safekeeping: She watched over us like a mother hen over her brood.

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Idioms about watch

    on the watch, vigilant; alert: The hunter was on the watch for game.

    watch oneself,

    1. to be cautious.
    2. to practice discretion or self-restraint.

Origin of watch

First recorded before 900; 1580–90 for def. 15; (verb) Middle English wacchen, Old English wæccan, doublet of wacian “to be awake”; (noun) Middle English wacche, Old English wæcce, derivative of wæccan; see wake1

synonym study for watch

1. Watch, look, see imply being aware of things around one by perceiving them through the eyes. To watch is to be a spectator, to look on or observe, or to fix the attention upon during passage of time: to watch while a procession passes. To look is to direct the gaze with the intention of seeing, to use the eyesight with attention: to look for violets in the spring; to look at articles displayed for sale. To see is to perceive with the eyes, to obtain a visual impression, with or without fixing the attention: animals able to see in the dark.

OTHER WORDS FROM watch

un·watched, adjectiveun·watch·ing, adjectivewell-watched, adjective

Words nearby watch

wastrel, Wast Water, wat, watap, Watauga, watch, watchable, watch and ward, watchband, watch cap, watchcase

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Words related to watch

timepiece, wristwatch, attend, check out, examine, follow, listen, look, observe, regard, scan, scrutinize, see, stare, view, wait, guard, protect, take care of, chronometer

How to use watch in a sentence

  • To take an SpO2 reading, there’s an app on the watch that triggers the 15-second process.

  • The new program is a boon to Apple since it’s an added incentive for Singaporeans to purchase the brand’s watch.

  • Smart watches and fitness trackers have transformed the world of exercise, spawning a generation of active tech users.

  • Amazon says that the watch will intermittently listen throughout the day, or you can specifically trigger it to listen for up to 30 minutes by pressing the button.

  • I run with an Apple Watch and AirPods, because the watch stores my running playlist.

  • Clad in a blue, striped button-down, a silver watch adorning his left wrist, Huckabee beams on the cover.

  • People watch night soaps because the genre allows them to believe in a world where people just react off their baser instincts.

  • I watch every episode alone on my couch and I just sit there and laugh, and laugh.

  • Angry Birds at its simplest was the same way, though you wanted to watch things collapse and explode.

  • The inability to do anything besides binge-watch entire seasons on Netflix.

  • I seized the opportunity to watch what I supposed would be a most interesting interview, from behind a curtain.

  • He produced a watch and studied it frowningly, then dismissed us and the recital of our troubles with a ponderous gesture.

  • He is a hypochondriac now and would keep a close watch on his heir’s health and habits; you may be sure of that.

  • He heard Mohammedans alluding to a Brahmin as a leader—so might a wolf and a snake make common alliance against a watch dog.

  • His duty it was to stand at the head of the scalding trough, watch in hand, to «time» the length of the scald, crying «Hog in!»

British Dictionary definitions for watch (1 of 2)


verb

to look at or observe closely or attentively

(intr foll by for) to wait attentively or expectantly

to guard or tend (something) closely or carefully

(intr) to keep vigil

(tr) to maintain an interest into watch the progress of a child at school

watch it! be careful! look out!

noun

  1. a small portable timepiece, usually worn strapped to the wrist (a wristwatch) or in a waistcoat pocket
  2. (as modifier)a watch spring

the act or an instance of watching

a period of vigil, esp during the night

(formerly) one of a set of periods of any of various lengths into which the night was divided

nautical

  1. any of the usually four-hour periods beginning at midnight and again at noon during which part of a ship’s crew are on duty
  2. those officers and crew on duty during a specified watch

the period during which a guard is on duty

(formerly) a watchman or band of watchmen

on the watch on the lookout; alert

Word Origin for watch

Old English wæccan (vb), wæcce (n); related to wake 1

British Dictionary definitions for watch (2 of 2)


suffix

indicating a regular television programme or newspaper feature on the topic specifiedCrimewatch

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Other Idioms and Phrases with watch


In addition to the idioms beginning with watch

  • watched pot never boils, a
  • watch it
  • watch like a hawk
  • watch my dust
  • watch one’s step
  • watch out
  • watch over

also see:

  • keep watch
  • look (watch) out
  • on the lookout (watch)

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

Definition of Binge watch

to watch multiple episodes of a television show back to back

Examples of Binge watch in a sentence

The lonely woman stays up all night and will binge watch episodes of the interesting series to pass the time.

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My sister is coming over to binge watch Netflix shows and eat popcorn for the rest of the night.

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April was behind on watching her favorite show, so she decided to binge watch the missed episodes and catch up.

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