Example Sentences

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Nevertheless, making its acquaintance was darkly fascinating because even when I cannot fix something, understanding what I am observing reassures me.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 13, 2022

“Then they ask if I am observing them.”

From Washington Post • Oct. 19, 2019

Not long before, he had written in his notebook, “I am observing life and the approaching conclusion of my life and I see a long, long desolation about me, now at the end.”

From New York Times • Sep. 21, 2018

Yet here I am, observing on my own Snap Map friends around the world – some of whom, I see, have recently moved house.

From The Guardian • Jul. 7, 2017

I don’t pretend to be wise, but I am observing, and I see a great deal more than you’d imagine.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott