How to Use observant in a Sentence

observant

1 of 2 adjective
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  • A particularly observant child, he noticed even the slightest changes in the classroom.
  • Good reporters are keenly observant of everything around them.
  • The family is strictly observant.
  • Jones was quiet and observant, the type who preferred to feel her way into things and find her place.
    — Lila Bromberg, Hartford Courant, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Linda is observant, social, and aware of new sights and sounds.
    — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Feb. 2022
  • In the end, every home needs an observant owner who listens to its needs.
    — Brittany Anas, House Beautiful, 27 July 2023
  • At best, at mid-eclipse, very observant people will notice a dark shading on the moon’s face.
    — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2024
  • In 2004, France banned the wearing of hijab in schools alongside Christian crosses and the yarmulkes, worn by observant Jews.
    — Shaista Aziz, CNN, 5 Feb. 2022
  • Ascetic, observant and karmic are three words that describe my essence.
    — Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2023
  • The narrative is a mess though there's fun chemistry between Hamm and Tina Fey, who plays the observant neighbor of one of the Maggies.
    — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 15 June 2023
  • An observant reader noticed a big, fat earthworm in the snow.
    — Jeff Lowenfels | Alaska Gardening and Growing, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Mar. 2023
  • No observant Jew would ever drive on the Sabbath unless life was at stake.
    — Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2022
  • But observant folks may ask, where is Lin-Manuel Miranda at the Oscars?
    — Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 28 Mar. 2022
  • For observant Roman Catholics, this year presents a meaty dilemma.
    — Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Many MacLaverty characters fall into one of two groups: observant Catholics, and those who used to be.
    — Brenda Cronin, WSJ, 14 Jan. 2022
  • Kids are observant and will come up with explanations for strange behavior that may be worse than the truth.
    — Stephanie H. Murray, The Week, 8 Feb. 2022
  • Her first friend in town, Grace Price, is a perfect example: Grace is a single mom to a child, Sam, who is observant and honest to a fault, like most kids.
    — Joshunda Sanders, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Mollie is wise, observant and vastly rich from her share of the oil money derived from Osage land.
    — Karen Heller, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2024
  • This tends to work well for both zoom-ie kids and more thoughtful, observant temperaments.
    — Victoria Barber, Anchorage Daily News, 10 July 2023
  • Zeus, Greek mythology’s god of the sky, was thought to be omnipresent and observant of people’s worldly affairs.
    — Antonia Mufarech, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Apr. 2022
  • The 20th through the 22nd stress the importance of redesigning your plans and not becoming discouraged by the need to be careful and observant.
    — Katharine Merlin, Town & Country, 16 July 2023
  • But now, nearly all of Brooklyn is available to him and other strictly observant Jews on the Sabbath.
    — Joseph Berger, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Bruce Whitehead, who raped and tried to murder a woman Dec. 10, was caught thanks to a tip at 7 a.m. today from an observant resident.
    — Cristóbal Reyes, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Dec. 2022
  • For observant Catholics, that means the most romantic day of the year will be put on hold for one of the major holidays on the Catholic liturgical calendar.
    — The Enquirer, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Both are extremely observant and notice shifts in what’s going on around them.
    — Penelope Green, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Didion’s missives were keenly observant, full of language that cut like a skean.
    — Erin Overbey, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2021
  • And observant Jews who practice and love their religion.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 9 Feb. 2024
  • An observant Doc quietly warns Cameron not to cast his lustful eye on Mel because she's taken.
    — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 20 July 2022
  • And Xan, a being at least as observant as my dad, had made an intense study of Robert auf der Horst: his personality, his habits, his sense of humor.
    — André Alexis, The New Yorker, 13 June 2022
  • This enhances the film’s comedic tone, encouraging viewers to see the world through Birdy’s observant yet immature eyes.
    — Jourdain Searles, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Sep. 2022
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observant

2 of 2 noun
  • The observant may spot a man and a dog standing beneath them on a railing.
    — Joe Sills, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Over time, the books have acquired the qualities of a palimpsest, with layers visible beneath the surface to the observant (or obsessed).
    — Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Fridays are the days when the observant eat fish to honor the 40-day period of sacrifice and reflection leading up to Easter.
    — Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 24 Feb. 2023
  • In recent years, though, there’s been an uptick in artists who, like Golin-Cahn, are trying to make nonconformist artwork while remaining observant and staying within the folds of their community.
    — Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt, The Atlantic, 24 Sep. 2021
  • Instances of anti-Semitism are on the rise, but to suggest such acts befall only, or even disproportionately, on the Jewishly observant is wrong.
    — WSJ, 28 Jan. 2022
  • Throughout history, our communities have comprised the pious and the heretical, the observant and the indifferent.
    — Mark Oppenheimer, WSJ, 19 Jan. 2022
  • For the observant, this ban on activities includes listening to music, cutting hair or shaving, hosting weddings, parties or any event that could lead to dancing.
    — Ilanit Chernick, CNN, 2 May 2021
  • There’s the mockery of the religiously observant from great institutional heights.
    — Noah Rothman, National Review, 29 Mar. 2023
  • The observant may spot a man and a dog standing beneath them on a railing.
    — Joe Sills, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Over time, the books have acquired the qualities of a palimpsest, with layers visible beneath the surface to the observant (or obsessed).
    — Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Fridays are the days when the observant eat fish to honor the 40-day period of sacrifice and reflection leading up to Easter.
    — Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 24 Feb. 2023
  • In recent years, though, there’s been an uptick in artists who, like Golin-Cahn, are trying to make nonconformist artwork while remaining observant and staying within the folds of their community.
    — Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt, The Atlantic, 24 Sep. 2021
  • Instances of anti-Semitism are on the rise, but to suggest such acts befall only, or even disproportionately, on the Jewishly observant is wrong.
    — WSJ, 28 Jan. 2022
  • Throughout history, our communities have comprised the pious and the heretical, the observant and the indifferent.
    — Mark Oppenheimer, WSJ, 19 Jan. 2022
  • For the observant, this ban on activities includes listening to music, cutting hair or shaving, hosting weddings, parties or any event that could lead to dancing.
    — Ilanit Chernick, CNN, 2 May 2021
  • There’s the mockery of the religiously observant from great institutional heights.
    — Noah Rothman, National Review, 29 Mar. 2023

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