watchtower

Example Sentences

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It is effectively a watchtower or control tower for all your data.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

Suddenly the lines about needing a hermit in the woods as much as a preacher in the pulpit came so much more alive from the endless horizon atop a watchtower.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2026

A watchtower on a hilltop, still painted in the colours of the Iranian flag, overlooks the base.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2025

It takes a while before we see the telltale signs: the camp watchtower, and later the flames blackening the sky.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 27, 2023

"Last week we found this haunted watchtower, and the day before we chased a herd of wild horses. You should have seen them run when they caught a scent of Nymeria."

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin