Kevin Ahern, for one, said he had become more observant of people and surroundings.

You have already become very observant.

"Over the past several years, I have become more observant," Mr. Rosensaft said.

By this stage, you yourself may be becoming less observant and more complacent, and so overlook your puppy's demand to be let out!

He said that he has become more observant since being imprisoned six years ago.

Blade found himself becoming steadily more alert and observant out of sheer curiosity.

Many of the graduate students had grown up in Orthodox homes, and many of the faculty were becoming more observant.

SH: You've said in interviews that you've become more observant in your faith as you've gotten older.

He started becoming more religiously observant after his wife, Donna, died in 2001.

Before his release, he said, his captors tried to intimidate him into becoming more observant.