sentries

Example Sentences

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Immune cells act like vigilant sentries, moving through tissues and detecting remaining cancer cells that could lead to relapse.

From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2025

The blimps housed there were used as sentries during WWII, armed with machine guns, bombs and charges to fend off submarines, The Times reported.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2023

Wing Commander Douglas Bader ranked as the greatest war hero in the prison and was met on arrival with salutes from German sentries.

From Washington Post • Sep. 26, 2022

A worker addressing his crew lined up like sentries added drawings of the popular Olympics mascot Bing Dwen Dwen to the back of a suit.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 20, 2022

“You’d better think about it and tell me any ideas that occur to you. Anyway, I want to go round your sentries now. Come with me, will you?”

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams