sentry

Example Sentences

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An outpost for 30 soldiers with a couple of sentry points and barracks will burn through about 13 gallons of fuel a day.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025

Barcelona stretched out in every direction, a mosaic of old stone, glass and spire, Gaudí’s Sagrada Familia standing like an undone sentry among the rest.

From Salon • Dec. 6, 2025

Called 'Piranhas', the work includes spray-painted fish on a police sentry box in the City of London.

From BBC • Aug. 27, 2025

And so Friday, families trickled in starting at 8:15 a.m. while private security guards stood sentry.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2024

There followed another period of waiting while the sentry passed again on the wall.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli