Sentence examples for a state of vigilance from inspiring English sources

You may wearily adduce from this that some people must live in a state of vigilance for things to be offended by, but I know what they mean.

Since Sept. 11, 2001, the spokeswoman said, Britain has usually been on "just a state of vigilance, not an increased state of vigilance".

When we feel anxious, our minds and bodies move into a state of vigilance.

The state of being awake and vigilant was later termed "tonic alertness," which indicates a state of optimal vigilance where attention is sustained for a prolonged period of time [ 16].

The action is not hurled around but kept in a state of constant vigilance.

I lived in a state of constant vigilance, always trying to anticipate and to please.

He also asked that "everyone be on a state of heightened vigilance".

Already in a state of heightened vigilance, American embassies and installations around the world increased precautions today after the Bush administration said it had raised its global terror alert level.

"We are in a state of strong vigilance and we stand ready to act in a firm and timely manner to avoid that recent price developments give rise to broad-based inflationary pressures over the medium term".

The urgent alert by Tom Ridge, the White House director of homeland security, marked the third time since the attacks of Sept. 11 that the federal government had put the nation on a state of heightened vigilance without giving any detail about the nature of the threat or possible targets.

We are also asking that everyone be on a state of heightened vigilance," he said.