sentinel

Example Sentences

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The steely husks stood sentinel over unfathomable loss for weeks or months until they were towed away and sold as scrap.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2026

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 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

But so breathtaking were the streets that late afternoon, with their sentinel trees and tender gardens, that the sun itself seemed to waver, unsetting, reluctant to leave; it was the onlooker whose presence weighted everything.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen