sentinel

Example Sentences

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Now, though celebrated as the city’s sentinel, it may yet stand as a monument to the inexorable nature of climate change and the futility of man’s efforts to stop it.

From New York Times

Smell is a sentinel for several medical conditions.

From Scientific American

Scattered across a field, half a dozen cypress trees stood like shaggy sentinels.

From Washington Post

The name Hauz Khas is Urdu for “Royal Water Tanks,” which still surround the village like sentinels standing guard against the smog and clamor of the city beyond the deer park.

From New York Times

Because technology companies routinely capture so much data, they have been pressured to act as sentinels, examining what passes through their servers to detect and prevent criminal behavior.

From New York Times