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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

watched

/wɑt͡ʃt/

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What does watched mean?

verb

  1. simple past and past participle of watch

adjective

  1. Monitored.
  2. Wearing a watch (a portable or wearable timepiece).

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IPA pronunciation

/wɑt͡ʃt/

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As the dawn grew brighter we withdrew from the window from which we had watched the Martians, and went very quietly downstairs.
H. G. (Herbert George) WellsThe war of the worldsProject Gutenberg ebook #36
Marguerite could not help smiling to herself as she watched all these preparations, which Brogard accomplished to an accompaniment of muttered oaths.
Emmuska Orczy, Baroness OrczyThe Scarlet PimpernelProject Gutenberg ebook #60
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He turned and watched the mass of guns, men, and horses sweeping in a wide curve toward a gap in a fence.
Stephen CraneThe Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil WarProject Gutenberg ebook #73
We watched the rapid progress of the traveller with our telescopes until he was lost among the distant inequalities of the ice.
Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyFrankenstein; or, the modern prometheusProject Gutenberg ebook #84
For a little while I watched that distant cloud spread and blacken, then I judged it was time for me to appear.
Mark TwainA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's CourtProject Gutenberg ebook #86