being watched

idiom

: 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.

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At first, the female insect doesn't realize she is being watched by a hungry jumping spider twice her size. —

Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 15 Feb. 2024 The trailer sees the couple struggle in their relationship, Stone being watched by cameras, getting rocks thrown at their home, and a strange fight in a bowling alley. —

Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2023 The spin-off end tag revisits a scene from The Witcher season 1, when Ciri (Freya Allan), disguised as a street kid, looks off into the market crowd as if being watched. —

Nick Romano, EW.com, 27 June 2023 Even weeks after giving birth to the surviving twin, Miller couldn’t shake the feeling she was being watched. —

Rose Minutaglio, ELLE, 22 June 2023 See all Example Sentences for being watched