How to Use closely/well observed in a Sentence

closely/well observed

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  • Over the course of the 1930s, its members closely observed the political shifts in Europe.
    Yosola Olorunshola, Quartz, 6 Mar. 2021
  • 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
  • Hahn captures the landscape and the culture in sensual, closely observed detail as a result of all that research.
    Susan Larson, NOLA.com, 21 Dec. 2020
  • In her past work, Polley closely observed her subjects while letting their actions speak for themselves.
    Laura Adamczyk, Chron, 20 Dec. 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Another one which struck me as especially well observed was this: Chins are famously asset-rich and income-poor.
    Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 6 May 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
  • 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 lead characters are partially based on real-life people, including cops, who Chopra had closely observed.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 24 July 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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, 23 Mar. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • Women’s homeownership and its promise of security are at stake in this closely observed story collection.
    The New Yorker, 2 May 2022
  • 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
  • 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

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