Examples of watchman in a Sentence
A watchman stopped them at the gate.
hired a watchman to patrol the factory at night
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Francis Ford Coppola meditates on the question of who is watching the watchmen in The Conversation, a neo-noir mystery thriller about the human side of surveillance.
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Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 June 2026
Nearly 1,400 votes were cast for Elgin High School’s new mascot, with 558 for a lion, 421 for watchmen/timekeepers and 417 for a fox, according to information provided by Principal Avelira Rodriguez Gonzalez.
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Mike Danahey,
Chicago Tribune,
12 May 2026
Ideas like reparative journalism and sousveillance — an antonym for surveillance, concerning watching the watchmen in a reversal of power — earn fleeting mentions, but are never the focus of actual inquiry.
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Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
14 Mar. 2026
Stingley died the same year as Trayvon Martin, a Black Florida teen shot to death by a neighborhood volunteer watchman, who was acquitted in 2013.
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Megan O’Matz,
ProPublica,
16 Jan. 2026
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Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 June 2026
Nearly 1,400 votes were cast for Elgin High School’s new mascot, with 558 for a lion, 421 for watchmen/timekeepers and 417 for a fox, according to information provided by Principal Avelira Rodriguez Gonzalez.
—
Mike Danahey,
Chicago Tribune,
12 May 2026
Ideas like reparative journalism and sousveillance — an antonym for surveillance, concerning watching the watchmen in a reversal of power — earn fleeting mentions, but are never the focus of actual inquiry.
—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
14 Mar. 2026
Stingley died the same year as Trayvon Martin, a Black Florida teen shot to death by a neighborhood volunteer watchman, who was acquitted in 2013.
—
Megan O’Matz,
ProPublica,
16 Jan. 2026
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“Watchman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/watchman. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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