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Meanings of stand watch in English

Portuguese
estar de sentinela
Spanish
vigilar

Watch over so as to protect.

        estar de sentinela
        Synonyms
        Examples for "stand guard"
        Examples for "stand guard"
        1
        Police stand guard during May Day celebrations in Athens, Greece, May 2010.
        Reuters
        2
        Sleep now, Will, and I shall stand guard, I shan't fail you.
        The amber spyglass
        3
        Make them think I am leaving some men to stand guard, yes?
        The great hunt
        4
        It often ends with her asking a random passer-by to stand guard.
        Independent.ie
        5
        At night ten Campas came along to our camp to stand guard.
        Conquest of the Useless
        1
        Every afternoon I go and keep guard up yonder by the Paradou.
        Abbe Mouret's Transgression
        2
        These he tossed aside and bade the dog keep guard over them.
        Patsy
        3
        It is our business to keep guard and carry word to Amherst.
        The Sun of Quebec: A Story of a Great Crisis
        4
        Macumazahn will be there to keep guard, and with him the Zulu.
        Allan Quatermain
        5
        Take Max and the other curs and keep guard on the rear.
        Darkness unleashed
        1
        Men and women in almost identical dark jackets and trousers stand sentinel.
        The Guardian
        2
        The forest appeared to stand sentinel over the shore for its entire length.
        A Voyage to Arcturus
        3
        But of all the cowards that stand sentinel for capital, the most craven is Confidence.
        The Cost
        4
        Enter the building and two mascots stand sentinel, bedecked in the school's red and white.
        The Irish Times
        5
        So it hangs in her drawing-room, near by where the Eildons stand sentinel over Scott's resting-place.
        Robert Louis Stevenson
        Usage of stand watch in English
        1
        May the Crooked Warden ever stand watch and bless his crooked servant.
        The lies of locke lamora
        2
        But I think we ought to stand watch, turn and turn about.
        Army Boys on German Soil: Our Doughboys Quelling the Mobs
        3
        May God stand watch as this pious work comes to an end.-
        The Deeds of God Through the Franks
        4
        The rest of us will stand watch and help if we need to.
        Summer of Night
        5
        So, on a long run, the captain had to stand watch in turn.
        The Submarine Boys' Trial Trip / "Making Good" as Young Experts
        6
        Omohundro ordered some men up on the roof to stand watch.
        The forever war
        7
        And sometimes one had to be bribed to stand watch for the others.
        Ruth Fielding and the Gypsies; Or, The Missing Pearl Necklace
        8
        Jess and I will stay up all night and stand watch.
        Two Boys and a Fortune; Or, The Tyler Will
        9
        Officers of the Deck stand watch for eight hour shifts on a rotating basis.
        For Honor We Stand
        10
        Barg did not want to stand watch around the burning ruin of Sparrow's house.
        Servant of a dark god
        11
        Can you round up some guys to stand watch at the power station tonight?
        The stand
        12
        I would be happy to stand watch through the night.
        The Hyperion Cantos
        13
        Of course both of us must stand watch in turn.
        Dan Merrithew
        14
        He settled on Bear to stand watch in the underground.
        Armageddon's Children
        15
        The Marshal and Effie, they was supposed to stand watch.
        Karen Memory
        16
        Stand watch there and tell Grey he's free to collect his share.
        Skin Game
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