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

His career paths are hunter, forager or watchtower guard, but he seems more like the product of a progressive Montessori school, even with his dad urging him to cackle at shredded deer intestines.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2025

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

She must get it; she gestures for me to take point, and we don’t speak as we head to the watchtower.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir