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carefully observant or attentive — often to possible danger

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

vigilance = careful watch

Not a single indication of the future intentions of his hosts, however, escaped his vigilant eyes.
James Fenimore Cooper -- The Last of the Mohicans

vigilant = carefully observant

I am as vigilant as a cat to steal cream.
William Shakespeare -- Henry IV, Part 1

vigilant = carefully observant or attentive — often to possible danger

His immediate neighbors, though, are loyal, the whole block stays vigilant over Kwang,
Chang-rae Lee -- Native Speaker

vigilant = carefully observant or attentive — often to possible danger

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

vigilance = careful watch

What I want from you men is as much vigilance as possible until the situation is clearer.
Walter Dean Myers -- Fallen Angels

vigilance = careful watch

I had expected my parents to be even more vigilant about my relationship with Rogerson because of Cass running away.
Sarah Dessen -- Dreamland

vigilant = carefully observant or attentive to possible danger

But most of all, you need to practice constant, never-ceasing vigilance.
J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

vigilance = careful observance to possible danger

They tormented the life out of you with their vigilance.
Alexander Solzhenitsyn -- One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

vigilance = careful watch

vigilant = carefully observant or attentive to possible danger

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

vigilance = careful watch

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

vigilant = carefully observant or attentive

vigilant = carefully observant or attentive — to danger

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

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