Watch and ward

"Watch and ward" in a Sentence (3 examples)

The narrow seas around these isles, where British admirals keep watch and ward upon the marches of the Atlantic Ocean, are subject to the turbulent sway of the West Wind.

1917, Lee Wilson Dodd, "To America" (poem), in Fifes and Drums You need A starker breed To cherish you and guard, Keep watch and ward, Or strike if strike they must!

we might have been carried in swift safety, and watched and warded by well-paid pointsmen, for half the present fares

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