sentinel

Example Sentences

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Ahead of our return to the city, we drive back up the ridge, back through Burguete, the inn still shuttered, and up to Roncesvalles, where the old monastery looms like a sentinel over the pass.

From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025

The Hollywood sign stands sentinel above Los Angeles, watching as embers dance through the January night like wayward stars.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2025

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

His face pressed hard against the trunk of the sentinel.

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