sentinel
Example Sentences
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The steely husks stood sentinel over unfathomable loss for weeks or months until they were towed away and sold as scrap.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2026
"When you only have a handful of species that can persist in environments like that, and they're really sensitive to change, those serve as really good sentinel taxa," Adams said.
From Science Daily • Jan. 10, 2026
The mean rescue sentinel did not think so.
From Salon • Dec. 6, 2024
The church stood empty like a silent sentinel over a small cemetery next to it.
From Slate • Oct. 24, 2024
In that one sentinel she focused her attention, and so she was as good as there, hovering just inches above the Godslayer’s shoulder.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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Common Senses: Sent, Sens ("Feel")
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