sentries

Example Sentences

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Immune cells act like vigilant sentries, moving through tissues and detecting remaining cancer cells that could lead to relapse.

From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2025

The blimps housed there were used as sentries during WWII, armed with machine guns, bombs and charges to fend off submarines, The Times reported.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2023

Wing Commander Douglas Bader ranked as the greatest war hero in the prison and was met on arrival with salutes from German sentries.

From Washington Post • Sep. 26, 2022

But instead of leaving the area, alone or with friends, so many stuck around, posted just a block or two away like sentries, like they were still waiting for something to happen.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 24, 2022

Row upon row of identical tents, cook fires, tethered horses of officers, camp followers, stacked muskets, the quick, smart pacing of sentries.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes