plural sentries
Examples of sentry in a Sentence
The general placed an armed sentry at the bridge.
a sentry posted to watch for intruders
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Amelia Nierenberg, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
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One such ancient story centers on the bronze sentry Talos.
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Amelia Nierenberg, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
Anduril makes everything from small drones to sentry towers used to police the U.S.-Mexico border systems to enable pilotless vehicles.
—William Hartung, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
Occasionally, gang members would come rushing in and that’s when auto sentry guns would be useful.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2025
One such ancient story centers on the bronze sentry Talos.
—Sofia Giannuzzi, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sentry
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“Sentry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sentry. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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sentry
noun
sen·try
ˈsen-trē 
plural sentries
: guard entry 1 sense 3a
especially
: a soldier standing guard at a point of passage
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