How To Use Watchman In A Sentence

  • He moonlights as a nightwatchman at the Meadowbank leisure centre in Edinburgh.
  • The criminal throttled the watchman and robbed the bank.
  • When no one answered, they broke in and searched the building, only to find a watchman sleeping at his post.
  • The criminal throttled the watchman and robbed the bank.
  • Often someone has to go in as nightwatchman. Times, Sunday Times
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  • On one occasion he was discovered by the night watchman surrounded by neat piles of bits and pieces of a film projector.
  • The watchman lives in a hut no far from here.
  • To illustrate, she tells the story of the night watchman given to practical jokes.
  • She immediately turned her attention towards the entrance to find a being that was not the security watchman.
  • Pritchard's most interesting chapter, in which the best authorities are quoted at length, is convincing that the word 'hoveller' is derived from _hobelier_ (_hobbe_, [Greek] _hippos_, Gaelic _coppal_) and signifies 'a coast watchman, 'or' look-out man, 'who, by horse Heroes of the Goodwin Sands
  • The watchman himself had been sceptical of Psalmanaazaar's story from the first, yet he had never been able to disbelieve it completely. MAN'S LOVING FAMILY
  • Receiving a look from the watchman the gatekeeper knew the postman felt the same.
  • A nightwatchman later overheard him bragging about his duplicity and arrested him.
  • They were about to go through a hatchway down to the bilges when they were suddenly accosted by a watchman, who had heard noises and left the party to investigate. Shadow Knights
  • The watchman shot out of the place again; Ealer seized the wheel, set an engine back with power, and held his breath while the boat reluctantly swung away from a 'towhead' which she was about to knock into the middle of the Gulf of Mexico! Life on the Mississippi
  • For a moment I wondered if he secretly worked night shift as a watchman.
  • The watchman knew he was a decade older than his neighbour, yet he did not dare to greet him with anything more than an abbreviated bow. MAN'S LOVING FAMILY
  • The Torres sale transformed Dalglish from watchman to instant rebuilder as the team and staff returned to the club's deep well of memory. Kenny Dalglish is showing at Liverpool he was never a busted flush | Paul Hayward
  • If you stay long enough, you will hear mournful strains from a lone bugle - it is played every hour in memory of the watchman whose trumpeted warning of an invasion was silenced by a Turkish arrow.
  • John Seifert, the watchman in the factory, August Beck, a saloonkeeper, directly across the street from the building, and Gustaf Haas, who lives in the house formerly occupied by Adolph Luetgert, are three of the many persons who have seen the apparition. Robert Loerzel: In Search of Mrs. Luetgert's Ghost
  • a bottle-jack key, or the winch of a kitchen range, the click of the mechanism being imitated by means of a watchman's rattle, or by the even simpler expedient of drawing a piece of hard wood smartly along Entertainments for Home, Church and School
  • The lone watchman belies the archaeological importance of the site, surrounded by ancient dolmens and sacred groves with enormous and elaborately decorated terracotta horses.
  • The watchman shook himself in the chilly room like a great sopping hound. MAN'S LOVING FAMILY
  • Tasker, however, was lodging not far from the wood, with a small farmer named Emanuel Howden, who also occasionally acted as a watchman; and the two men, accompanied by the “rabbiter,” Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter
  • Except the LORD build the house, they labor in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. Psalms 127.
  • Although the father works as night watchman of an office building, he has no job security.
  • When the nightwatchman discovered the door unlocked and someone sleeping inside, he turned the key in the lock.
  • They broke into the store and looked for the nightwatchman.
  • At deh gate tu dhe Princess Mu Medow, deh nitewatchman meetz up wif a hansum yung man. Is simples. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
  • The watchman thought he could hear a new shading in her words now, the echo of a forlorn pain that had no bottom. MAN'S LOVING FAMILY
  • Thus the state should be mainly a night watchman, a low-profile policeman who ensures the basic safety of every individual.
  • He then sent Falstaff to decoy the site watchman biot. The Garden of Rama
  • In addition to a person to lock the gates, a night watchman has been employed to keep the vagrants from climbing over the fence at night and sleeping on the stalls where food is sold during the day.
  • It was nice to get a little bit of a first innings lead and have them one down with the nightwatchman in, so hopefully we can capitalise on that tomorrow and put them under a bit of pressure.
  • In respect of state and condition, Jesus Christ stands in a fivefold relation to this house, -- viz., 1st, As the owner; 2dly, The builder; 3dly, The watchman or keeper; 4thly, The inhabiter; 5thly, The avenger: each of which I shall unfold in order. The Sermons of John Owen
  • The watchman biot was soon upon Richard, following its preprogrammed instructions by demanding his personal papers and an explanation of what he was doing. The Garden of Rama
  • At the gate called Janiculum stood a temple to the watchman god Janus, whose figure had two faces, and held the keys, and after whom was named the month January. Young Folks' History of Rome
  • The watchman himself had been sceptical of Psalmanaazaar's story from the first, yet he had never been able to disbelieve it completely. MAN'S LOVING FAMILY
  • And the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them, and cometh not again: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously. Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences
  • I next inquired of a watchman, who said there was no place upon his beat; but _beat_ was Gaelic to me; and I repeated my inquiry to another, who directed me towards the hells of Saffron Hill. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXII
  • The night watchman makes the rounds of the building every hour.
  • There's always something happening; the yelping of dogs, the cat's caterwaul, the ‘jagte raho’ calls of the watchman.
  • You see during the night the watchman kind of maybe fell asleep and some raiders stole the carriage.
  • The watchman himself had been sceptical of Psalmanaazaar's story from the first, yet he had never been able to disbelieve it completely. MAN'S LOVING FAMILY
  • The night watchman brought the armchair for Hewson. He tried to make him laugh.
  • Based in Chicago, he was employed as a night watchman in a cold storage depot, being supplied with a gun.
  • He also served, when necessary, in the role of nightwatchman, guarding all the horses and vehicles of the royal carriage and hobby stables.
  • The watchman from the previous night caught my eyes and I knew that brushing it off as a simple misunderstanding wasn't a possibility.
  • Deh nite watchman kuntinuez, “Everyfing dat iz born will dyingz: deh liddlol kittehz adn goggiez, deh giant elolafantz; deh liddlol flowerz, deh giant sekwoyaz; the riverz wash deh mowntinz intu deh seez, deh riverz turn tu dezertz, deh seez dry up; sinetists say dat sumday deh erf will b swallowed bai deh sun; eben deh starz demselvez die.” Wat made u think I’z - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
  • Only, there are these boys studying in there, this watchman spending the night in there.
  • The place across the street was hit, next door was hit, another neighbor has a full time watchman and my only other neighbor is a B & B and there are always enough people there to scare off the burglars. jerezano Crime in Ajijic
  • Super-Al and Garcia #325 tried to confuse the watchman, but when it could not obtain Richard's cooperation, the biot insisted it must make an emergency report. The Garden of Rama
  • Chapter 127 1. Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. Villaraigosa And Nunez Cut And Run - Video Report
  • But, as in the case of the smoother and softer sex, we are convinced that the wand of fashion would presently convert their heterodox anti-barbal prejudices: so, in the case of harder-ware Sheffield, while we hope to live to see razors regarded as antiquarian rarities, (even as a watchman's rattle, or the many-caped coats of the semi-extinct class The Complete Prose Works of Martin Farquhar Tupper
  • Because, as He says in Psalm 127: 1: “Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.” Matthew Yglesias » The Actually Existing Constitution
  • The watchman heard that none of the workmen, not even the oldest, had ever seen Abraham Sinclair, much less met him. MAN'S LOVING FAMILY
  • The sentinels could be seen upon the ramparts, standing like statues of stone, and showing no signs of life; while above the barbacan gate the watchman was at his post, motionless and asleep. The Story of Siegfried
  • And he was well served by his staff, who included a gardener, a water-carrier, a dhobi, and a watchman.
  • No one was there on Sunday except Marsh Todd in his watchman's cubbyhole in the basement. DOLL'S EYES
  • The nightwatchman Richard Dawson didn't last long, driving Gillespie to Waugh in the gully in the second over of the morning.
  • The watchman shook himself in the chilly room like a great sopping hound. MAN'S LOVING FAMILY
  • The four are interrupted by the nightwatchman, Victor.
  • In such cases, the parent-teacher associations should arrange a watchman or a caretaker to look after the children till their parents come to fetch them in the evening.
  • Heimdal, the brave watchman of the gods, with his sword withstanding the powers of evil, and holding in his left hand the Gialla horn, the terrible blast of which shook the world. Vanishing England
  • Drake watched it from atop the watchman's truck, against the pole that held the beat-up and coppered bell.
  • It gave a commanding view over the approaches to the farm, and there wasn't a single watchman; there were two of them, each marching half the walkway's circuit.
  • The watchman who was working the second shift said he came early to relieve the first.
  • In Agamemnon, there can be but little doubt that the protagonist impersonated only Clytemnestra, leaving the deuteragonist the briefer parts of the Herald, Cassandra, and Ægisthus, and to the tritagonist the Watchman and Agamemnon.
  • Though it is the house of the First Citizen of India, it doesn't have any security personnel, or even a watchman to monitor the visitors, much to their surprise and disbelief.
  • Dawson was admired during that torrid series for the gutsy way he willingly took on nightwatchman duties and fearlessly stood up to Australia's withering attack but he only claimed a total of five wickets at 79.60 runs apiece.
  • In Agamemnon, there can be but little doubt that the protagonist impersonated only Clytemnestra, leaving the deuteragonist the briefer parts of the Herald, Cassandra, and Ægisthus, and to the tritagonist the Watchman and Agamemnon.
  • When the original dog died, he says, graveyard watchman James Brown and restaurateur John Traill simply procured another, perkier one, which might explain why Bobby reputedly lived for an impressive 16 years. Historian Won't Let Scotland's Most Famous Dog Lie
  • His first night on the job the old night watchman gives him a tour, showing Martin the rounds he must make.
  • Marriage-sheds are erected at the houses both of the bride and bridegroom in accordance with the usual practice, and just before the marriage, parties are given at both houses; the village watchman brings the _toran_ or string of mango-leaves, which is hung round the marriage-shed in the manner of a triumphal arch, and in the evening the party assembles, the men sitting at one side of the shed and the women at the other. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala
  • James, a night watchman at a pork and beans factory, sold 75 of his first Abstract, a stapled, mimeographed sheet full of new statistical curios: average length of games by individual umpire, attendance by pitcher, etc.
  • The Metropolitan has always stood as a stronghold of the African Methodist Episcopal Communion, but in the short space of sixteen months that Dr. Scott has been the faithful watchman on its walls, he has added over four hundred persons to its membership, lowered a debt of thirty-one thousand dollars to nineteen thousand, and financiered a fund of nearly two thousand dollars into the Church treasury. The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.
  • A few weeks later he achieved a career-best 89 not out for Yorkshire after going in as a nightwatchman.
  • For here's a little detail you don't know: the brothers are children of the building's watchman.
  • It was then privately-owned and I suppose letting him doss there saved them paying for a separate night watchman.
  • The watchman thought more in terms of completion than conclusion, more of fulfilment than depletion. MAN'S LOVING FAMILY
  • The watchman thought he could hear a new shading in her words now, the echo of a forlorn pain that had no bottom. MAN'S LOVING FAMILY
  • The watchman phoned the emergency services and other colleagues after the alarm activated.
  • The watchman looked at me expectantly so of course I had to say how nice it was and also donate five rupees.
  • He automatically pried her white palms off his chest and diverted her in the direction of the watchman. MAN'S LOVING FAMILY
  • Interior walls in the watchman's quarters were plastered and calcimined and those of the bathroom were plastered and enameled.
  • The council consists of the headman, priest, village watchman, and four or five elders.
  • Often someone has to go in as nightwatchman. Times, Sunday Times
  • All rowdies go there, and the watchman had so many skirmishes with them.
  • His night watchman, assigned by the doge, was amazed to see their honored guest pull himself out of the water shivering and foul-smelling. THE FAMILY
  • The watchman himself had been sceptical of Psalmanaazaar's story from the first, yet he had never been able to disbelieve it completely. MAN'S LOVING FAMILY
  • The watchman heard that none of the workmen, not even the oldest, had ever seen Abraham Sinclair, much less met him. MAN'S LOVING FAMILY
  • Well, Ben once got into a great frolic ashore, and kicked up such a bobbery that the watchman clapped him in limbo for the night; and the justice next morning gave him such a clapper-clawing with his tongue, and bore down upon him so hard with his Select Temperance Tracts
  • How long did the watchman stay On scene after tire was extinguished?
  • The watchman basked in the simple goodness of his caring wife. MAN'S LOVING FAMILY
  • The night-watchman, Alfred Swanson, took care of this curious plant, which consisted of a battery of petroleum lamps that were forced to burn to the sooting point. Edison, His Life and Inventions, vol. 1
  • The youngster was not always composed but displayed an exuberance reminiscent of Alex Tudor's match-winning innings as a nightwatchman at Edgbaston last year.
  • The company excused the watchman for falling asleep while on duty.
  • He was accused of threatening a nightwatchman with a pistol and was acclaimed as a martyr when he maintained his innocence, refusing to name the true culprit.
  • The housebreaker, Edward Bellamy, had been taken in Seven Dials by the always-cheerful watchman, Simon Chubb. MAN'S LOVING FAMILY
  • The watchman was probably fooling around again - she had no time for this!
  • We also hear of a beadle in 1389 (this may have been when the office was created), a nightwatchman in 1406, and a clerk may be inferred from the recording of the electoral courts; however, these officers were appointed, not elected.
  • That was back in 1979, and he made his debut as a scriptwriter for an offbeat movie about ‘a watchman in a graveyard, and his interaction with death’.
  • The director, who ran a demolition company, had been standing in for the nightwatchman at the compound.
  • In a struggle the nightwatchman punches him and the accused then kills the nightwatchman.
  • For as was written long ago: “except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-63)
  • The watchman thought he could hear a new shading in her words now, the echo of a forlorn pain that had no bottom. MAN'S LOVING FAMILY
  • All day long there hung about the place the music of chinking tools; and even in the dead of night, the watchman carried his lantern to and fro in the dark settlement and could light the pipe of any midnight muser. Memories and Portraits
  • At such times - in the street, the tavern, the parlour - the watchman was the unusable appendix, the third thumb. MAN'S LOVING FAMILY

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