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.

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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.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 2
2  But all the while another self was sharpening her to vigilance, whispering the terrified warning that every word and gesture must be measured.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 13
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.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 15
4  This vigilance was not long without reward.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 46. Surmises.
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.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 72. The Monkey-Rope.
6  He ate and drank with an appetite that no sense of danger could disturb, but his vigilance seemed never to desert him.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 6
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.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 8
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.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 9
9  But the vigilance of the Indians rendered this act of precaution both difficult and dangerous.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 10
10  The young man willingly believed that the Huron deliberated on the most eligible manner of eluding the vigilance of his associates.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 11
11  It is a poor compliment to the vigilance of us soldiers, monsieur, that, do what we will, we never can conceal our numbers.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 15
12  It appeared to him as though the foresters had some secret means of intelligence, which had escaped the vigilance of his own faculties.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 19
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.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 23
14  I was relieved from it by the humane hand of Mr. David Ruggles, whose vigilance, kindness, and perseverance, I shall never forget.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
15  It was not within the power of vigilance.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10
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.