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How to use watch in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Watch means a portable or wearable timepiece. Example: “He set the alarm on his watch to 8:00 am.”

Examples of watch by meaning

nounA portable or wearable timepiece.

  • Meronyms: watch face, watch receiver, watchspring, watch battery, watchstrap, watch strap, watchband
  • More people today carry a watch on their wrists than in their pockets; some people today don't use a watch at all, because their smartphone serves the purpose well enough.
  • He set the alarm on his watch to 8:00 am.

nounA particular time period when guarding is kept.

  • The second watch of the night began at midnight.

nounA person or group of people who guard.

  • The watch stopped the travelers at the city gates.

nounThe act of seeing, or viewing, for a period of time.

  • A quick watch of Stanley Kubrick's Clockwork Orange sends this reality home fast.2004, Charles P. Nemeth, Criminal law

nounA group of nightingales.

  • sirens were singing like a watch of nightingales1921, John Galsworthy, The Works of John Galsworthy, volume 16, Charles Scribner's Sons, page 419
  • it was as if sunshine and a watch of nightingales had come into a sombre forest1927, Alfred Tresidder Sheppard, Here Comes an Old Sailor, page 267

verbTo look at, see, or view for a period of time.

  • Watching the clock will not make time go faster.
  • I'm tired of watching TV.
  • Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter X, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC

verbTo observe over a period of time; to notice or pay attention.

  • Put a little baking soda in some vinegar and watch what happens.

verbTo mind, attend, or guard.

  • Please watch my suitcase for a minute.
  • He has to watch the kids that afternoon.

More sentences with watch

  • The man used his watch as barter to pay for his tab.From the entry barter
  • That TV programme that you wanted to watch is on now.From the entry on
  • The men and women watched the man give the birdseed to the bird.From the entry the
  • Good ranchers must continually keep watch over the health of their stock.From the entry stock
  • I started to watch the video yesterday, but could only finish it this evening.From the entry yesterday
  • Walking around with such an expensive watch is asking to be mugged.From the entry ask
  • This counterfeit watch looks like the real thing, but it broke a week after I bought it.From the entry counterfeit
  • I love watching her dance to a pretty drum beat with a bouncy rhythm!From the entry beat
  • I went to watch my favourite team play Real Madrid, but they thrashed us 5-0.From the entry us
  • I went to watch our school football match against Puddletown High. We lost 2-0.From the entry we
  • Who did that? —(It was) not him: I was watching him the whole time.From the entry him
  • Who did that? —(It was) not them: I was watching them the whole time.From the entry them
  • It's already 5:30? My watch must have lost a few minutes.From the entry lose
  • The broadcaster axed the series because far fewer people than expected watched it.From the entry axe
  • I’m going to Nick’s to watch the big fight tomorrow night.From the entry fight
  • We watched our luggage being loaded into the hold of the plane.From the entry hold
  • I left my sewing and went to the window to watch the falling snow.From the entry leave
  • I tried to watch the movie last night but my cable was out.From the entry cable
  • Sit him in front of the TV and he might watch for hours.From the entry sit
  • She balanced along the wire while the crowd watched in rapt attention.From the entry balance
  • I will join you in watching the football game as soon as I have finished my work.From the entry join
  • Keep a sharp watch on the prisoners. I don't want them to escape!From the entry sharp
  • Marc went to the park with his girlfriend and watched the sunset with her.From the entry girlfriend
  • Please with all the ads, I just want to watch the movie.From the entry please
  • I watched one episode of that TV series and now I'm hooked.From the entry hook
  • If you have some free time tomorrow, let’s go and watch a film.From the entry free time

Meaning of watch

  1. noun A portable or wearable timepiece.
  2. noun The act of guarding and observing someone or something.
  3. noun A particular time period when guarding is kept.

Full definition of watch

Questions about watch in a sentence

How do you use watch in a sentence?
Watch is used as a noun and verb. For example: “He set the alarm on his watch to 8:00 am.”
What is a short sentence with watch?
“I'm tired of watching TV.”
What does watch mean?
Watch means a portable or wearable timepiece.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: watch (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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