How to Use observe in a Sentence

observe

verb
Definition of observenext
Synonyms for observenext
  • The class will be observing the movements of fish.
  • We observed a large flock of birds heading north.
  • She observed that every man in the room had removed his hat.
  • Few cases of the disease have been observed in humans.
  • The new teacher will give the lesson today and the principal will observe.
  • He observed two children playing with marbles on the street corner.
  • The patient must be observed constantly.
  • Children learn by observing their parents and others.
  • They are best observed on the five nights around the full moon.
    — Alex Pulaski, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
  • The officers peeked in the window and observed the baby doll on the couch.
    — Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 17 May 2024
  • The astronomers just happened to observe the star at the end of an eclipse that lasted for years.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Gazans observe an austere Eid al-Fitr in the shadow of war.
    — Thomas Fuller, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2024
  • It has been observed in at least 51 species from small lemurs up to bigger apes.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Muir observed the dedication fell on the feast day of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux.
    — Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The object was observed again in 1883 by astronomer William Brooks.
    — Denise Chow, NBC News, 29 Oct. 2023
  • That is what matters to me – to observe and to experience and to think about the world around me.
    — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 July 2024
  • The agency said ahead of the whale calf's death, the animal was observed with injuries.
    — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 5 Mar. 2024
  • That, Poppy observes, told her that her head wasn't in the game as much as her sisters'.
    — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 4 Apr. 2023
  • With short cropped hair and a focused gaze, Nixon Garcia observes from off to one side.
    — Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Two things being true at the same time is the most obvious thing in the world, Reich observed.
    — Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2023
  • This is especially easy to observe when the plants are bare root.
    — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2023
  • Since June 19 falls on a Sunday this year, it will be observed on Monday.
    — Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 16 June 2023
  • Be sure to observe the meat with binoculars too, the agency said.
    — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2023
  • But that event was much shorter, observed for a little more than ten hours.
    — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2023
  • Some of the most interesting things to observe were the short and long-stay foreigners.
    — Laia Garcia-Furtado, Vogue, 6 Jan. 2024
  • To observe so soon into her life story that there is no sustenance in the past is to give the past an edge.
    — Hazlitt, 2 Oct. 2024
  • July saw not one, but three of the hottest days ever observed worldwide.
    — Julia Eskins, Vogue, 16 Sep. 2024
  • Inside, police observed a bloody scene and signs of a struggle.
    — Andrea May Sahouri, Detroit Free Press, 3 July 2024
  • While Election Day is not a federal holiday, some states do observe it as a holiday.
    — Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Election Day isn't observed as a federal holiday, so post offices will be open and mail will be delivered.
    — Tanya Wildt, Detroit Free Press, 5 Nov. 2024

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