Etymology
Origin of outwatch
Example Sentences
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It seemed to be a trial between them, which could outwatch the other.
From John Caldigate by Trollope, Anthony
‘Or let my lamp at midnight hour Be seen on some high, lonely tower, Where I may oft outwatch the Bear.’
From Obiter Dicta Second Series by Birrell, Augustine
All night her locks are wet with dew, Her eyes outwatch the moon.
From Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II. by Ingelow, Jean
"Or let my lamp at midnight hour Be seen in some high lonely tower, Where I may oft outwatch the Bear, Or thrice-great Hermes, and unsphere The spirit of Plato."
From Eugene Aram — Complete by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron
The talking parliamentary bore can outwatch the Bear.
From Tales and Novels — Volume 09 by Edgeworth, Maria
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