sentinel

Example Sentences

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"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

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

The Towers of Silence, where Zoroastrians buried their dead—it was called sky burial—had stood sentinel over Yazd for thousands of years.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram