sentinel

Example Sentences

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The rate at which flu tests returned positive results at the state’s clinical sentinel labs surged to 27.8% for the week ending Feb. 1, the most recent for which complete data are available.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2025

The mean rescue sentinel did not think so.

From Salon • Dec. 6, 2024

The church stood empty like a silent sentinel over a small cemetery next to it.

From Slate • Oct. 24, 2024

Intriguingly, the system being attacked normally works as a sentinel or guard, whose job it is to detect invading viruses.

From Science Daily • May 23, 2024

As I went into the drawing-room I glanced back, over my shoulder, and I saw Mrs. Danvers still standing there at the head of the stairs, like a black sentinel.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier