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

Men, dressed as Egyptian sentries, patrolled the roof of the theater, carrying rifles that were probably fake — but, given this was a Sid Grauman-staged event, you never know.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 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

Cornflower then thought of the sentries up on the wall, and she set about making a large pan of vegetable soup.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques