VIGILANCE in a Sentence
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61 example sentences for VIGILANCE, such as:
1. It was not within the power of vigilance.
2. The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
3. This vigilance was not long without reward.
4. His parents kept vigil beside his bed for weeks before he died.
5. He warned the public to be vigilant and report anything suspicious.
2. The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
3. This vigilance was not long without reward.
4. His parents kept vigil beside his bed for weeks before he died.
5. He warned the public to be vigilant and report anything suspicious.
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Meanings and Examples of VIGILANCE
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vigilance
n. watchfulness; wakefulness; process of paying close and continuous attention
Classic Sentence: (51 in 4 pages)
1 She was vexed to see that, in spite of so many years of vigilance, she had blundered twice within five minutes.
2 But all the while another self was sharpening her to vigilance, whispering the terrified warning that every word and gesture must be measured.
3 Finery laid off is as unappetizing as the remains of a feast, and it occurred to Lily that, at home, her maid's vigilance had always spared her the sight of such incongruities.
4 This vigilance was not long without reward.
5 This improvement upon the original usage was introduced by no less a man than Stubb, in order to afford the imperilled harpooneer the strongest possible guarantee for the faithfulness and vigilance of his monkey-rope holder.
6 He ate and drank with an appetite that no sense of danger could disturb, but his vigilance seemed never to desert him.
7 But his aim was interrupted by the vigilance of his enemies, whose rifles instantaneously bore on any part of his person that was left exposed.
8 There were now a few minutes of fearful stillness, during which Heyward well knew that the savages conducted their search with greater vigilance and method.
9 But the vigilance of the Indians rendered this act of precaution both difficult and dangerous.
10 The young man willingly believed that the Huron deliberated on the most eligible manner of eluding the vigilance of his associates.
11 It is a poor compliment to the vigilance of us soldiers, monsieur, that, do what we will, we never can conceal our numbers.
12 It appeared to him as though the foresters had some secret means of intelligence, which had escaped the vigilance of his own faculties.
13 But the enemy who, by any lucky concurrence of accidents, has found means to elude the vigilance of the scouts, will seldom meet with sentinels nearer home to sound the alarm.
14 I was relieved from it by the humane hand of Mr. David Ruggles, whose vigilance, kindness, and perseverance, I shall never forget.
15 It was not within the power of vigilance.
Example Sentence:
1 You should exercise extra vigilance about locking your car properly.
2 The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
3 While online auction sites feature some great deals, I guess buyer vigilance is always required.
4 His parents kept vigil beside his bed for weeks before he died.
5 Eva and Paul kept a constant vigil by their daughter's hospital bedside.
6 “In London we're very very vigilant and very very concerned. Every day – as you saw recently, we had to raise the threat level – every day the security services are involved in thousands of operations.
7 The Surrey RCMP is being extra vigilant as it prepares for Saturday's Vaisakhi parade in light of the tragic events in Boston.
8 The organization is ever vigilant for threats to the habitats of birds.
9 He warned the public to be vigilant and report anything suspicious.
10 Picking stocks is tough enough, but amidst worries of a double-dip recession, be especially vigilant in what sectors you play.