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 rate at which flu tests returned positive results at the state’s clinical sentinel labs surged to 27.8% for the week ending Feb. 1, the most recent for which complete data are available.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2025

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

Azareen had drifted off, finally, and Sarai landed a soft sentinel on the curve of her tearstained cheek.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor