sentries

Example Sentences

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Sentries lounge under tarps and store-bought camping tents.

From New York Times • Oct. 4, 2022

Sentries stand watch in the lobby of the headquarters complex.

From Washington Post • Jun. 1, 2013

Sentries, set up every 3,300 ft., watched the skies for approaching enemy helicopters, which they called "damnation birds."

From Time Magazine Archive

Snapped the Evening News: "Sentries have been tormented�there is no other word for it�by visitors who should know better."

From Time Magazine Archive

Sentries were deployed in concentric circles around Barn 43, even, reportedly, perching in trees.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand