How to Use sentry in a Sentence

sentry

noun

• The general placed an armed sentry at the bridge.
• These vessels act as the sentry of a navy’s fleet and keep watch on the open ocean.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 17 Mar. 2021
• Statues of snarling lion-dogs stand sentry at the stone steps.
  — Gilles Mingasson, Smithsonian, 29 May 2017
• Out front, two young men stood sentry with rifles in front of a silver sedan.
  — New York Times, 25 Oct. 2021
• Hundreds of black cormorant birds stood as if sentries on the rocks east of the cove.
  — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2019
• Most had fences with barbed wire, guard towers with armed sentries, and few comforts.
  — Rick Hampson, USA TODAY, 2 July 2018
• The snout of a curious whale and the muzzle of a four-legged sentry came oh-so close.
  — Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 7 Apr. 2025
• Sal had to remind me to pace back and forth, like a sentry in a video game, to keep my legs from locking up.
  — Kent Russell, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
• Three-story red brick buildings stand like sentries and slides and swings adorned the front yards of nearby homes.
  — Ignacio Calderon, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
• Even acting as a remote sentry if there's stuff going on outside the house.
  — Tom Krisher, Detroit Free Press, 5 July 2023
• There, the parking signs (cost $30) stand sentry amind the emptiness.
  — Tom Noie, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Sep. 2020
• Now, the state was absent but for the soldiers standing sentry on the edges of the village.
  — Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2017
• Rows of wooden seats line an area that used to be the balcony, and at least one wall sconce hangs like an ornate sentry.
  — Mary Colurso | [email protected], al, 12 Sep. 2019
• Stay secure When something goes bump in the night, let your alarm system play sentry.
  — WIRED, 16 May 2017
• Rows of lights stood like sentries above, adorned with flat visors that guided the glow onto the action.
  — Adithi Ramakrishnan, Twin Cities, 21 Aug. 2025
• Men like Kevin Jones stand sentry in the back of the church or are sprinkled throughout the pews.
  — Trymaine Lee, NBC News, 12 May 2017
• The Sentry has been restored, and a cast was made of it to create a second sentry.
  — Steve Lord, Chicago Tribune, 9 Nov. 2022
• Two taps of the sentry’s cane on the ancient stone floor signals a change of guard, ushering in a clink of spurs and swords.
  — WSJ, 17 Sep. 2022
• One employee stood sentry near the corner with beer and wine, to check IDs.
  — Matt Day, The Seattle Times, 20 Jan. 2018
• Could all of them be identified, too, and sentry posts set up that would provide news of their incursions?
  — The Economist, 23 Mar. 2021
• Getting back to Ultron, all these sentry sightings do send a clear message.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 15 Apr. 2022
• Police and armored vehicles stood sentry on the vast surface the square.
  — Fox News, 4 June 2020
• Ramirez, a switch-hitter, stood right over home plate like a sentry, daring pitchers to try to beat him inside with fastballs.
  — Tom Verducci, SI.com, 10 June 2019
• Subtle attacks on the pancreas are led by the sentries of the immune system, T cells.
  — Jennifer Couzin-Frankel, Science | AAAS, 9 June 2019
• The convoy might be stopped or turned back by Kalashnikov-carrying sentries at a dozen checkpoints.
  — Sharon Guynup, National Geographic, 5 Oct. 2017
• Aside from scouting, sending messages or sentry duty, some dogs were trained for direct combat.
  — Vic Verbalaitis, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
• Two took Gonzaga to the bridge, two marched Tabares to the engine room, and two stood sentry outside.
  — Bloomberg.com, 27 July 2017
• On Market Street, doors were closed, white blinds were drawn, and security guards stood sentry.
  — Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2017
• Two police SUVs — one on the north side of the street, the other on the south side — stood sentry.
  — Eric Zorn, chicagotribune.com, 21 Aug. 2020
• Behind him, four mannequins decked out in Haunted Mansion uniforms stood sentry in the front hall.
  — Gabrielle Calise, Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2022