I kept checking the kettle every minute, but a watched pot never boils, so I decided to read a book instead.

Whenever I'm waiting impatiently for tea, my grandmother sighs and says, 'a watched kettle never boils,' to remind me to be patient.

When questioned, the politician continued to lie like a cheap watch, refusing to admit the truth.

If someone asks me what time it is, I jokingly answer, 'time you got a watch'.

In our town, people set one's watch by Mr. Alvarez, who opens his bakery at seven o'clock every morning.

Hearing those old folk songs can set one's watch back to evenings when radios were shared and stories lingered long after sunset.

When traveling in a new country, one sets one's watch by someone familiar with the local time to avoid missing appointments.

In our town, people kept setting one's watch by someone who always arrived on time, making the schoolteacher the village's unofficial clock.

He muttered that a watched pot never boils over as he hovered by the stove, hoping the soup would thicken.

When thou watchest the horizon at dusk, keep thy lamp close and thy courage closer.