How to Use closely/well observed in a Sentence
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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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