How to Use closely/well observed in a Sentence

closely/well observed

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  • Also, the pod should be closely observed to see how climate change affects them.
    — Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 29 Nov. 2024
  • The book was closely observed at both the physical and emotional levels.
    — John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2022
  • Each butler is trained for 12 weeks and closely observed before attending to guests.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 2 July 2023
  • In her past work, Polley closely observed her subjects while letting their actions speak for themselves.
    — Laura Adamczyk, Chron, 20 Dec. 2022
  • The day’s repetitive beats are well observed, Tree learns valuable lessons about the true meaning of friendship, and things get even funnier in the sequel.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2024
  • About 40 percent of those deaths were likely due to arrhythmias, which occurred even when patients were being closely observed.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 29 Jan. 2021
  • Some of the most famous verses concern a particular creature—wild or adorable or filthy or dignified—closely observed.
    — Henri Cole, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2022
  • Body language is a powerful, often subconscious way to gauge relationship health and should be closely observed.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2024
  • Santiago is home to some 1,500 rhesus macaques who have been closely observed by scientists for decades.
    — Lydia Denworth, Scientific American, 8 Apr. 2021
  • The lead characters are partially based on real-life people, including cops, who Chopra had closely observed.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 24 July 2023
  • Over the course of the 1930s, its members closely observed the political shifts in Europe.
    — Yosola Olorunshola, Quartz, 6 Mar. 2021
  • The doctors took biopsies and closely observed what happened both before as well as 1 and 2 weeks after the patients stopped taking their medication.
    — Chelsey Hamilton, Health, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Nothing epic happens in this six-episode costume drama, except for the singularity of a life lived during an era of enormous change, which is a source of its soulful, closely observed charm.
    — Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2022
  • The devices scan and photograph fire-prone areas and every ten seconds send images to the county’s fire emergency center, where they are closely observed by dispatchers.
    — Marcello Rossi, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Aug. 2021
  • Nuanced and closely observed, this novel peels back the layers of climate change through monarch butterflies and a spirited young woman in rural Tennessee.
    — Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2023
  • All of it is closely observed, and those observations are put to highly imaginative use in various transpositions and mollusk workarounds.
    — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 28 June 2022
  • This well observed and sharply executed horror-drama about the travails and haunting of a Senegalese nanny in Manhattan is a standout debut.
    — Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 4 Feb. 2022
  • This achievement positions Microsoft as a leader in one of the most dynamic and closely observed segments of enterprise technology.
    — Gene Marks, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024
  • The sensation of continual anxiety and continual boredom, the fits and starts of activity, are closely observed.
    — Katie Kitamura, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2024
  • The lyrics are accurate and well observed, and that’s why the parody works; instead of being about hot late-night hookups, this is about stealing dumplings and taking out your Invisalign before going down on your long-term partner.
    — Grant Pardee, Vulture, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Both Merlin and Pocock confirmed that they have been closely observed or even intimidated by guards and security (including an F-16 fly-by).
    — Matt Blitz, Popular Mechanics, 14 Sep. 2017
  • Kennedy closely observed and catalogued the craft of Mexican cooking over decades of living in every state in the country, indexing her rigorous study in a canon of cookbooks that remain crucial references for cooks worldwide.
    — Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 26 July 2022
  • Throughout, the actors switch fluently between registers, from emotional rawness to slapstick to absurdist comedy, in performances that are closely observed, credible and moving.
    — A.j. Goldmann, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2022
  • Having closely observed the journeyman actor’s interactions at a popular Hollywood restaurant, Yerkovich was certain Johnson had the perfect combination of charisma and confidence to carry the series.
    — airmail.news, 28 Dec. 2024

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