being watched

phrase

: watched or observed carefully especially in order to prevent or detect a crime

He didn't know that he was being watched by the police.

Examples of being watched in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But then sometimes the children end up being watched by staff with little or no training to help them. — Joseph Shapiro, NPR, 30 Sep. 2026

At the same time, a smaller developing system was being watched nervously close to Hawaii. — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2026

Psychologists have long documented what happens when people believe they are being watched. — Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026

For a filmmaker who built 17 minutes around the ache of being watched, there’s a quiet symmetry to it — a stretch on the Lido spent, for once, doing the looking herself. — Clayton Davis, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for being watched

• botched
• notched
• debauched