How to Use night watchman in a Sentence

night watchman

noun

• The pair shot and killed a night watchman named Grover Hart.
  — Annalisa Quinn, BostonGlobe.com, 5 July 2023
• The term Jack-o'-lantern comes from the idea of a night watchman, who would light the street lanterns every evening, CNN noted.
  — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 8 July 2022
• The night watchman stokes his lamp and walks wide-eyed tourists through the back lanes telling stories of hot oil and great plagues.
  — Rick Steves, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2023
• His father, James, was a night watchman and laborer who died when Franklin was 11.
  — New York Times, 23 Dec. 2021
• One, in New York City, missed the judge who was apparently its object but killed a night watchman.
  — Adam Hochschild, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2022
• In time, Joel moved to Columbia and was hired on as a night watchman at the Joyful Alternative.
  — Outside Online, 5 Nov. 2018
• Boucher seems to have spent his middle years working in a carriage factory and as a night watchman for a metal foundry.
  — Nick Yetto, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 June 2023
• In 1958, the couple moved to New Hampshire, where Himmel’s wife had relatives, and Himmel worked for a time as a night watchman in a gym shoe factory.
  — Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2022
• Mayor William Tate told the local Rotary club, two years ago, that his grandfather was the first to take on the responsibilities of a night watchman in 1907.
  — Dallas News, 18 May 2022
• There’s a night watchman encountering a ghost on the job, a disturbed young man traumatized by an accident in the woods near his house, and a wealthy man terrorized by the spirit of his unborn child.
  — Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 17 Jan. 2021
• Josh Hutcherson plays a night watchman whose shift at a Chuck E. Cheese–esque pizza parlor takes a turn when the animatronics start trying to kill him.
  — James Grebey, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2023
• Other failures included not having a night watchman or roving patrol on the boat and failing to conduct sufficient fire drills as required by law.
  — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 7 Nov. 2023
• But with political unrest brewing and Australia opening its doors to immigrants, the family soon moved to Brisbane, where Robert found work as a night watchman in a factory.
  — New York Times, 25 Apr. 2022
• The fire that caused the deadly dive boat disaster might have been sparked by cell phones and batteries left charging overnight -- a tragedy that federal safety investigators said could have been prevented by a night watchman.
  — Cheri Mossburg and Alaa Elassar, CNN, 2 Sep. 2022
• Festival is dedicated to longtime night watchman at the Flora-Bama.
  — Mary Colurso | [e-mail], al, 13 Sep. 2023
• In 1900, a night watchman reported bumping into Henry in the building, dressed for the office and seemingly going about his duties a couple of decades after his mortal exit, the Washington Post reported at the time.
  — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Oct. 2022
• Asbury initially was hired as night watchman in Manchester in 1985 and later promoted to assistant house leader of the center's maximum-security cottage, according to his lawsuit.
  — Holly Ramer, Star Tribune, 6 May 2021

Last Updated: 21 Dec 2024