plural sentries
Synonyms
Examples of sentry in a Sentence
The general placed an armed sentry at the bridge.
a sentry posted to watch for intruders
Recent Examples on the Web
Gunplay at the Association A statue of a panda bear sits like a chunky sentry atop a pillar on Classen Boulevard in Oklahoma City’s Asian District.
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Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, 14 Mar. 2024
On Wednesday, Pakistan’s army said an Afghan sentry had opened fire at the Wesh-Chaman border crossing and killed two Pakistani citizens, including a 12-year-old child.
—Hasan Ali, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Oct. 2023
The blimps housed there were used as sentries during WWII, armed with machine guns, bombs and charges to fend off submarines, The Times reported.
—Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2023
Photograph: Ian Bates A camera offers the illusion of a private sentry, serving you and your castle.
—Lauren Smiley, WIRED, 7 Nov. 2023
Sitting sentry in an open-top truck next to a waterhole in Kenya’s Masai Mara, Charity Cheruiyot passes me her binoculars to steal a closer look at a hippopotamus hiding under the brown water.
—Juliet Kinsman, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Nov. 2023
At first, when a couple of sentries popped up to debate swallow airspeed velocity in the turrets of Paul Tate dePoo III’s set (a Technicolor mash-up of mostly flat scenery and hyperactive Terry Gilliam–esque projections that Tate also designed), my heart sank just a bit.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2023
And yet, its 45-foot stark white letters have loomed over Los Angeles for about that long, since before movies were talkies, their century-long sentry one of the few constants in a place roiling with change.
—Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2023
Look for them tucked along island streets—the corners of which are attended by the crowing rooster sentries that amble around the place—or hidden behind thick tapestries of tropical trees decked with vibrant blooms drooping in the humid air.
—Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 30 June 2023
Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, 14 Mar. 2024
On Wednesday, Pakistan’s army said an Afghan sentry had opened fire at the Wesh-Chaman border crossing and killed two Pakistani citizens, including a 12-year-old child.
—Hasan Ali, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Oct. 2023
The blimps housed there were used as sentries during WWII, armed with machine guns, bombs and charges to fend off submarines, The Times reported.
—Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2023
Photograph: Ian Bates A camera offers the illusion of a private sentry, serving you and your castle.
—Lauren Smiley, WIRED, 7 Nov. 2023
Sitting sentry in an open-top truck next to a waterhole in Kenya’s Masai Mara, Charity Cheruiyot passes me her binoculars to steal a closer look at a hippopotamus hiding under the brown water.
—Juliet Kinsman, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Nov. 2023
At first, when a couple of sentries popped up to debate swallow airspeed velocity in the turrets of Paul Tate dePoo III’s set (a Technicolor mash-up of mostly flat scenery and hyperactive Terry Gilliam–esque projections that Tate also designed), my heart sank just a bit.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2023
And yet, its 45-foot stark white letters have loomed over Los Angeles for about that long, since before movies were talkies, their century-long sentry one of the few constants in a place roiling with change.
—Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2023
Look for them tucked along island streets—the corners of which are attended by the crowing rooster sentries that amble around the place—or hidden behind thick tapestries of tropical trees decked with vibrant blooms drooping in the humid air.
—Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 30 June 2023
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“Sentry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sentry. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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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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