How To Use Watchword In A Sentence

  • The humble-sounding Tory leader, in his keynote speech to the party conference in Bournemouth, pledged to make accountability his watchword and said they could deliver.
  • A fresh watchword in hair-care English was luster, which in America was quickly respelled lustre to suggest Old World elegance. The English Is Coming!
  • But the overriding watchword is public service delivery.
  • Little by little, the infection spread, as it always does, from the wardroom to the cabin, and "goodfellowship" was the watchword of the night. Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver
  • Free collective bargaining was its watchword.
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  • The watchword heretofore on the "Yankee," as on every one of Uncle Sam's ships, had been "Remember the Maine. A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee"
  • O let them not bring about their damned designs that stand now at the entrance of the bottomless pit, expecting the watchword to open and let out those dreadful locusts and scorpions to reinvolve us in that pitchy cloud of infernal darkness, where we shall never more see the sun of Thy truth again, never hope for the cheerful dawn, never more hear the bird of morning sing. Life of John Milton
  • It pays to be vigilant, and those so tasked will no doubt take as their watchword "Stuttgart". Sepp Blatter plays game of follow the lederhosen | Harry Pearson
  • The watchword here was informality, with the pair linking skits and sketches in an amiable, easy-going manner.
  • The watchword here was informality, with the pair linking skits and sketches in an amiable, easy-going manner.
  • Under the watchword of making Australian industry competitive, successive governments have backed corporations in undertaking massive downsizing.
  • If there's such a thing as pariah food – a recipe shunned by mainstream menus, mocked to near extinction and consigned to niche hinterlands for evermore – then the nut roast, a dish whose very name has become a watchword for sawdusty disappointment, is surely a strong contender. How to cook the perfect nut roast
  • Competition and struggle may be the watchwords but this does not necessarily imply outright hostility.
  • What would you give to hear this miracle -- a bobolink calling his watchword through the night? Bird Stories
  • Until now, ‘production consolidation’ has been the watchword, especially with distilleries in Ireland and breweries in the UK.
  • Let any one recall the catchwords, styled watchwords, of politics during the last ten or twenty years, and he will see how men are to be convinced. Woman and Womanhood A Search for Principles
  • Taste is the watchword: sumptuous fabrics, meticulous tailoring, but simple lines and nothing flashy, so as to focus attention on her face; from the neck up, she's a beauty.
  • To Yacouba the new watchwords of democracy and modernization are vast improvements on the furore of the Revolution.
  • His watchword is always duty; and he never forgets that the nation which lets its duty get on the opposite side to its interest is lost. Is McCain About to ‘Refine’ His Withdrawal Plan, Too? « Antiwar.com Blog
  • Its watchwords are 'interdisciplinarity' and 'education through research'. Times, Sunday Times
  • Indeed, since the Supreme Court handed the presidency to Bush the watchwords of the Democratic Party have been bipartisanship and reconciliation.
  • This watchword of democratic freedom led only to insecurity, indiscipline, and at length to the downfall and destruction of all authority. Readings on Fascism and National Socialism Selected by members of the department of philosophy, University of Colorado
  • `Keeping on' being the watchword of this year and all the years behind it," said Sabriel, sighing. LIRAEL: DAUGHTER OF THE CLAYR
  • Democracy is sometimes the watchword of those who think that all political problems could be solved if only we became (what we are not yet) a real democracy.
  • When he came for the watchword, the latter would give "Priapus," or "Venus;" and if on any occasion he returned thanks, would offer him his hand to kiss, making with his fingers an obscene gesture. The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Volume 04: Caligula
  • Thy dead, murdered corse is the watchword, and, with God's grace, the victor paean of an emancipated, chastened, glorified Republic! An Address in Commemoration of Abraham Lincoln
  • The tradition is that, as each new president is installed, he or she establishes a watchword or mantra for the four year term of office.
  • This is a place, after all, where the watchword is innovation, where great value is put on novelty and trendiness, and where older buildings are routinely razed to make way for bigger (though not necessarily better) ones.
  • Centralization was the watchword of the day, the gathering in of overlapping monopolies into a few rapacious hands. SAN ANDREAS
  • Environmental quality will be the watchword for the 21st century.
  • With the chimney stack sited perilously close to an old K Shoes warehouse which needs to be preserved and an electricity substation providing power to homes in the area, softly-softly is the watchword.
  • And remember, let caution be your watchword.
  • Innovation is the watchword of product development.
  • The watchword here was informality, with the pair linking skits and sketches in an amiable, easy-going manner.
  • Convergence became the watchword as boundaries separating local and long-distance, voice and data, cable and telephone, and wireline and wireless services eroded.
  • Authoritarianism, barely concealed under the fig leaf of ‘democracy’, became its watchword.
  • Mass housing became the watchword of post-war planners. Top stories from Times Online
  • Though austerity is the watchword for vital services needed by the city's working people, when it comes to profit interests, no expense is spared.
  • Innovation and doing your own thing are a day-to-day affair, where the watchwords are innovation and unconventional solutions.
  • The airy texture does nothing for me though – gooey should be the watchword with rarebit. How to cook perfect welsh rarebit
  • When Moses, the servant with the watchword, "I AM THAT I AM," presented himself to the Shemitic and {42} Japhetic races, he was everywhere received and acknowledged by them as their leader, in opposition to both the temporal and theological power of the Magi and of Pharaoh. Mysticism and its Results Being an Inquiry into the Uses and Abuses of Secrecy
  • Centralization was the watchword of the day, the gathering in of overlapping monopolies into a few rapacious hands. SAN ANDREAS
  • Suddenly, caution was the watchword and she grew cagey and defensive, waiting for the chances to land in her lap.
  • Thus ‘reform’ is the constant watchword on public services, as if they are currently broken.
  • Partnership is the watchword of U.S. strategy in this administration.
  • To the delight of late-night television comedians, President George H.W. Bush used to talk incessantly about “prudence,” but in fact the term is a deadly serious watchword for the “realist” school of foreign policy. What Would Wilson Do?
  • Its watchwords are free markets, privatisation, deregulation, flexibility, downsizing.
  • A watchword is the familiar code used by a sentinel to tell the approach of a friend. Party Watchwords: Fairness and Fear
  • So I would say that the words ‘electoral integrity’ have not been the watchwords of this Government.
  • Environmental quality will be the watchword for the 21st century.
  • our watchword will be `democracy'
  • Environmental quality will be the watchword for the 21st century.
  • ‘A killer is a killer is a killer’ is the watchword of American prosecutors and politicians.
  • With such incredible power at one's fingertips, caution was the watchword. THE X FILES 3: GROUND ZERO
  • According to the show's host, big and billowy are this year's watchwords for bridal wear, and green could be this year's hot colour - despite old myths about the colour's potential to influence a marriage in the wrong way.
  • I agree that we are treading on slippery ground, so my watchword is "post like a good food critic" i.e. what happened and where without getting into "terrible" and such as adjectives. How bad was it?
  • The goal is to provide maximum community benefit from the resources available, and that should be the watchword for the museum as it prepares to embark on a major redevelopment at a very significant cost.
  • Even worse, the Bushies traded integrity for incoherence as the McCain watchword. McCain and His Mad Men - Swampland - TIME.com
  • These days, as the office knew, delegation was his watchword. MR GOLIGHTLY'S HOLIDAY
  • Its watchwords are corruption, reaction and criminality.
  • Chris, you don’t seem arrogant and decentralisation is your watchword, so I guess I’ll give the benefit of the doubt. A conversation with Ville Vesterinen about standards and the open social web | FactoryCity
  • Cartoonist Stuart Carlson shows us duck and [ take ] cover as the watchword of 1955.
  • At the decisive moments the watchword has always seemed to be: nothing too painful, contradictory or critical.
  • Scientific temper is his watchword, education his mission, communal concord his theme and tolerance his telling weapon.
  • Their watchword is "All in" -- all in with everything they have, their savings, their property, their skill, the service of their hands, if necessary the service of their lives. Australia
  • Sharon's bass and breathily intoned vocals are often the crux of a song, and sparseness and restraint always the watchwords, with even guest Johnny Marr reining himself in so his guitar sinuously entwines with the bass and synth lines on Can't Put it Down Until it Ends. Pajama Club: Pajama Club – review
  • Convergence became the watchword as boundaries separating local and long-distance, voice and data, cable and telephone, and wireline and wireless services eroded.
  • The ‘line of command’ is broken and personal survival becomes the watchword instead of commitment to the organizations objectives.

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