watch and ward
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of watch and ward
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400
Example Sentences
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Mourned the Daily Mail: "The vision of an alert, unsleeping corps of first-class brains keeping watch and ward has taken another blow."
From Time Magazine Archive
The Americans, however, kept watch and ward, around the cannon that had cost them so great a sacrifice, till near daybreak, when orders were received to retire to camp.
From The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 by Joel Tyler Headley
Slumber while thy lover keeps Fondest watch and ward for thee, Eulalie!
From The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 by Various
He hurried after Warriner and caught him up, and during the two hours of waiting, the two men kept watch and ward upon each other.
From Miranda of the Balcony A Story by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodle) Mason
Who can wonder that a mind thus occupied should lose that fine balance with which nature has arranged our faculties, making one keep watch and ward over the other?...
From Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1 of 2) by Frances Milton Trollope
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