watchtower

Example Sentences

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In the days after August 13, the East Germans fortified the border with watchtowers and bright floodlights—just like a prison.

From Literature

But with high fences, watchtowers and armed guards, "there was no way to leave", until he was released with 5,400 other Chinese nationals since the February crackdown.

From Barron's

His career paths are hunter, forager or watchtower guard, but he seems more like the product of a progressive Montessori school, even with his dad urging him to cackle at shredded deer intestines.

From Los Angeles Times

A watchtower on a hilltop, still painted in the colours of the Iranian flag, overlooks the base.

From BBC

The camp, surrounded by barbed wire, is now long abandoned and overgrown - weeds are growing on wooden watchtowers and signs along the fence say "off limits" in red text.

From BBC