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carefully observant or attentive — often to possible danger- We need to remain vigilant when interacting with websites we don't know.
vigilant = carefully observant or attentive — often to possible danger
- Be faithful, be vigilant, be untiring in your efforts to break every yoke, and let the oppressed go free.Douglass, Frederick -- Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass An American Slave
- I am as vigilant as a cat to steal cream.Shakespeare, William -- King Henry IV, Part 1
- Was it not dangerous to allow your vigilance to fail, even for a moment, when at any minute death could pounce upon you?Elie Wiesel -- Night
- Not a single indication of the future intentions of his hosts, however, escaped his vigilant eyes.James Fenimore Cooper -- The Last of the Mohicans
- I am as vigilant as a cat to steal cream.William Shakespeare -- Henry IV, Part 1
- His immediate neighbors, though, are loyal, the whole block stays vigilant over Kwang,Chang-rae Lee -- Native Speaker
- Let it be tonight;
For, now they are oppressed with travel, they
Will not, nor cannot, use such vigilance
As when they are fresh.William Shakespeare -- The Tempest - What I want from you men is as much vigilance as possible until the situation is clearer.Walter Dean Myers -- Fallen Angels
- I had expected my parents to be even more vigilant about my relationship with Rogerson because of Cass running away.Sarah Dessen -- Dreamland
- But most of all, you need to practice constant, never-ceasing vigilance.J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- They tormented the life out of you with their vigilance.Alexander Solzhenitsyn -- One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
- We have to be vigilant.Cormac McCarthy -- The Road
- But as long as I keep my strength and see him coming ... as long as I keep up my vigilance ... he's gonna have to fight to get me.August Wilson -- Fences
- At that point, always vigilant Miss Hastings took his arm and said, "Mr. Stevens, I'll escort you to the door."Jim Stovall -- The Ultimate Gift
- Be vigilant!J.R.R. Tolkien -- The Return of the King
- We should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe.Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
- The dogs do right to be vigilant.Bronte, Emily -- Wuthering Heights
- He bristled and showed his teeth, his eyes vigilant, his whole body wary and prepared for anything.London, Jack -- White Fang
- On open ground, I would keep a vigilant eye on my defenses.Sun, Tzu -- The Art of War
vigilance = careful watch
vigilant = carefully observant
vigilant = carefully observant or attentive — often to possible danger
vigilant = carefully observant or attentive — often to possible danger
vigilance = careful watch
vigilance = careful watch
vigilant = carefully observant or attentive to possible danger
vigilance = careful observance to possible danger
vigilance = careful watch
vigilant = carefully observant or attentive to possible danger
vigilance = careful watch
vigilant = carefully observant or attentive
vigilant = carefully observant or attentive — to danger