sentinel

Example Sentences

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"When you only have a handful of species that can persist in environments like that, and they're really sensitive to change, those serve as really good sentinel taxa," Adams said.

From Science Daily • Jan. 10, 2026

I wanted to ask him if he’d sign this book, which had now begun to write its own mythology as it sat sentinel over his other signed books on the shelf behind me.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026

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

Azareen had drifted off, finally, and Sarai landed a soft sentinel on the curve of her tearstained cheek.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor