How to Use observe in a Sentence

observe

verb

• The class will be observing the movements of fish.
• We observed a large flock of birds heading north.
• She observed that every man in the room had removed his hat.
• Few cases of the disease have been observed in humans.
• The new teacher will give the lesson today and the principal will observe.
• He observed two children playing with marbles on the street corner.
• The patient must be observed constantly.
• Children learn by observing their parents and others.
• They are best observed on the five nights around the full moon.
  — Alex Pulaski, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
• Yet the specifics of how to observe the Shabbat are not found in the Torah (Shabbat 97b).
  — Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2022
• Afghan refugees observe their first Ramadan in the U.S.
  — Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2022
• The officers peeked in the window and observed the baby doll on the couch.
  — Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 17 May 2024
• The astronomers just happened to observe the star at the end of an eclipse that lasted for years.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 11 Jan. 2023
• Gazans observe an austere Eid al-Fitr in the shadow of war.
  — Thomas Fuller, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2024
• It has been observed in at least 51 species from small lemurs up to bigger apes.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 4 Oct. 2023
• Muir observed the dedication fell on the feast day of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux.
  — Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 3 Oct. 2024
• The object was observed again in 1883 by astronomer William Brooks.
  — Denise Chow, NBC News, 29 Oct. 2023
• That is what matters to me – to observe and to experience and to think about the world around me.
  — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 July 2024
• The agency said ahead of the whale calf's death, the animal was observed with injuries.
  — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 5 Mar. 2024
• That, Poppy observes, told her that her head wasn't in the game as much as her sisters'.
  — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 4 Apr. 2023
• Hike along the trails and observe the wildlife that comes out during colder weather.
  — Claire Rafford, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Sep. 2022
• With short cropped hair and a focused gaze, Nixon Garcia observes from off to one side.
  — Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Dec. 2023
• On the other hand, HD1 might be home to some of the universe's very first stars, which astronomers haven't been able to observe to date.
  — Stefanie Waldek, Scientific American, 11 Apr. 2022
• Sanders’ colleagues observed an abundance of it in him during his time in the league.
  — Dan Pompei, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
• Two things being true at the same time is the most obvious thing in the world, Reich observed.
  — Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2023
• When Nordin was much younger, he wasn't forced to observe Ramadan faithfully to the fullest.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 15 Apr. 2022
• This is especially easy to observe when the plants are bare root.
  — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2023
• Since June 19 falls on a Sunday this year, it will be observed on Monday.
  — Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 16 June 2023
• Sea lions and dolphins have been observed rigid with seizures, acting dazed and confused.
  — Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2025
• Hill observed the hearing from the courtroom gallery as an Orange County judge approved the request.
  — Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2025