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"Watchman" in a Sentence (15 examples)
A watchman sat with his legs crossed.
He is a watchman in this building.
Tom is the night watchman.
The burglars appear to have been surprised by the watchman.
The night watchman has a police dog.
The watchman assured me that there was nothing unusual out there.
On examining the premises the body of the unfortunate watchman was found doubled up and thrust into the largest of the safes, where it would not have been discovered until Monday morning had it not been for the prompt action of Sergeant Tuson.
There could be no doubt that Beddington had obtained entrance by pretending that he had left something behind him, and having murdered the watchman, rapidly rifled the large safe, and then made off with his booty.
The watchman walked around the building to make sure everything was in order.
I went to the circus and loafed around the back side till the watchman went by, and then dived in under the tent.
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Near-synonyms: watcher, watchwoman
The visits of the watchman to that (then) obscure and ill-inhabited neighborhood were more regulated by his indolence than his duty; and Clarence knew that it would be in vain to listen for his cry or tarry for his assistance.
Well, it so happened that Stine and the cook were sitting in their room one evening, mending and darning their things; it was near bedtime, for the watchman had already sung out "Ten o'clock," but somehow the darning and the sewing went on very slowly indeed[.]
Watchmen are stationed continuously at each end of the bridge, and the main spans are patrolled twice during the night.
In 1972, a night watchman patrolling a hotel-office complex noticed that the basement garage door had been taped open and, attributing this to the carelessness of a maintenance worker earlier that day, peeled the tape off.
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