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

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

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2025

The checkpoint gate is now bolted shut, eyed by armed Israeli guards in a watchtower nearby.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 10, 2024

There’s still a watchtower overlooking everything that we do.

From Slate • Dec. 13, 2023

She could see the shapes of other tents and lean-tos and the fuzzy orange glow of the beacon fire burning atop the watchtower, but not the tower itself.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin