How to Use being watched in a Sentence
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Three baby eagles who’ve been growing up live on a webcam being watched across the world are in need of some names.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA TODAY, 11 May 2023
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There apparently was a time when Kody Brown's lifestyle choices were being watched by the law.
—Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 25 Apr. 2023
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Derek Blasberg For Mortimer and her cohort, the awareness that they were being watched and ranked gave going out an extra frisson.
—Jessica Pressler, Town & Country, 17 May 2023
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The patient should be in the hospital, being watched by an infectious disease doctor.
—Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 30 Apr. 2023
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Then there’s the whole matter of being watched and listened to, monitored andok analyzed.
—Quartz Staff, Quartz, 5 May 2023
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Elmhurst Police Department received numerous reports of occasions of young girls being watched and followed by a man while leaving school for the day, the release said.
—Pioneer Press Staff, Chicago Tribune, 3 May 2023
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The case is being watched in California, where a wet winter could help grow grasses that help carry flames to forested areas, the Los Angeles Times reported.
—Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2023
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The structure put in place appeared to incentivize prosecutors to try and tamp down on key metrics that were being watched – refusal rates of cases and pre-trial detentions.
—Fox News, 7 Mar. 2023
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Kurseong is considered by many to be India's most haunted hill station and many visitors have reported the creepy sensation of being watched while exploring the forest around the old school.
—Bree Sposato, Travel + Leisure, 28 Apr. 2023
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The developments were being watched in Washington, which is closely allied with Israel yet has been uneasy with Netanyahu and the far-right elements of his government.
—Ilan Ben Zion, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Mar. 2023
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Jaclyn Campanaro While Yamas was convinced that he was being watched by law enforcement, no criminal charges have ever been filed against him for drug trafficking.
—Ben Goggin, NBC News, 6 Mar. 2023
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The developments were being watched by the Biden administration, which is closely allied with Israel yet has been uneasy with Mr. Netanyahu and the far-right elements of his government.
—Ilan Ben Zion and Tia Goldenberg, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Mar. 2023
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Sometimes, this means sticking her tongue out at the experience of constantly being watched, her every mood and appearance scrutinized by someone else.
—Peter C. Baker, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2023
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According to people close to him, Dong knew he was being watched and made a point to hold all meetings with foreign contacts in public places in full view of others, including any state security who might be monitoring.
—Lily Kuo, Washington Post, 24 Apr. 2023
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Over that man’s shoulder, another commuter peers directly at the lens: Privacy is a rare commodity in New York, and the photographer is almost always being watched as well.
—Nicole Acheampong, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2023
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That case is being watched by national media organizations as it’s being appealed.
—David A. Lieb, Fortune, 13 Mar. 2023
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Internationally, the elections are being watched closely as a test of a united opposition’s ability to dislodge a leader who has concentrated nearly all powers of the state in his hands.
—Suzan Fraser and Zeynep Bilginsoy, BostonGlobe.com, 14 May 2023
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As a result, residents in a growing number of cities are being watched by computer algorithms programmed to help authorities make split-second decisions about who and what is suspicious.
—Douglas MacMillan, Washington Post, 16 May 2023
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The lawsuit is widely being watched as a test of the Biden administration’s commitments to dismantle concentration in Silicon Valley.
—Cat Zakrzewski, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2023
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Measures such as wage inflation and services inflation are being watched closely, and current underlying inflation trends don’t confirm that inflation is heading toward the target.
—Eshe Nelson, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2023
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