sentinel

Example Sentences

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Ahead of our return to the city, we drive back up the ridge, back through Burguete, the inn still shuttered, and up to Roncesvalles, where the old monastery looms like a sentinel over the pass.

From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025

The church stood empty like a silent sentinel over a small cemetery next to it.

From Slate • Oct. 24, 2024

The area has been named a sentinel landscape, a federally led effort to promote sustainable land-use practices near military installations.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2024

Intriguingly, the system being attacked normally works as a sentinel or guard, whose job it is to detect invading viruses.

From Science Daily • May 23, 2024

Helvar stood silent sentinel, observing it all, looking seasick green beneath his blond beard.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo