How do you use Watchword in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like secret or parole, plus the exact meaning.
Watchword meaning
- A word used as a motto, as expressive of a principle, belief, or rule of action; a rallying cry.
- A prearranged reply to the challenge of a sentry or a guard; a password or signal by which friends can be known from enemies.
Synonyms of Watchword
Using Watchword
- The main meaning on this page is: A word used as a motto, as expressive of a principle, belief, or rule of action; a rallying cry. | A prearranged reply to the challenge of a sentry or a guard; a password or signal by which friends can be known from enemies.
- Useful related words include: war cry, secret, positive identification, countersign.
- In the example corpus, watchword often appears in combinations such as: the watchword, watchword for, our watchword.
Context around Watchword
- Average sentence length in these examples: 18.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 6 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Watchword
- In this selection, "watchword" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 18.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, party and administrative stand out and add context to how "watchword" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include is the watchword and and his watchword was discipline. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "watchword" sits close to words such as abdulrasheed, abhinav and aboriginals, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with watchword
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Hyper-partisanship is the watchword. (5 words)
Hodges (1990, p.32) notes, 'Economy was a watchword. (9 words)
But he worked very hard and his watchword was discipline. (10 words)
Gridlock will still be the watchword in Washington for two years, and no amount of Republican infighting will keep its members’ eyes off the prize: embarrassing Biden, retaking the White House, and regaining a majority in Congress in 2024. (39 words)
President Woodrow Wilson (a Presbyterian), promised "a war to end all wars," using language of a future peace that had been a watchword for the postmillennial movement. citation In the 1930s many Methodists favored isolationist policies. (36 words)
Sentries would challenge those wishing to enter an area or approaching it to supply a password or watchword, and would only allow a person or group to pass if they knew the password. (33 words)
Example sentences (19)
Gridlock will still be the watchword in Washington for two years, and no amount of Republican infighting will keep its members’ eyes off the prize: embarrassing Biden, retaking the White House, and regaining a majority in Congress in 2024.
Summing up, Võrklaev told AK that the government is moving towards budgetary balance; long a Reform Party watchword.
The Senate’s chief budget writer, Jane Kitchel, D-Caledonia, emphasized on the floor that sustainability has been her watchword.
They are having to go away and come up with cost-free ideas because fiscal responsibility is the watchword.
A man had arrived in a village where integrity was the watchword.
A significant portion of the session was dedicated to the theme, “Integrity My Watchword”.
He said the firm would set new standards in accounting services, adding that integrity would be their watchword.
The watchword for the world of today has become ‘agile leadership’.
Hyper-partisanship is the watchword.
It’s Women’ Day again and the watchword this time is ‘Each for Equal’.
The public's safety has always been at the forefront of our minds – safety is our watchword.
We have only one watchword which is clear-cut and binds everyone.
But he worked very hard and his watchword was discipline.
It is not surprising then that in the last decade, “rebranding” was a watchword for the Ernest Bai Koroma APC government.
Hodges (1990, p.32) notes, 'Economy was a watchword.
Keeper of the watchword, administrative assistant to HQ Staff, third in command of a century.
President Woodrow Wilson (a Presbyterian), promised "a war to end all wars," using language of a future peace that had been a watchword for the postmillennial movement. citation In the 1930s many Methodists favored isolationist policies.
Sentries would challenge those wishing to enter an area or approaching it to supply a password or watchword, and would only allow a person or group to pass if they knew the password.
So that if all those issued are returned, the tribune knows that the watchword has been given to all the maniples, and has passed through all on its way back to him.
Common combinations with watchword
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: