Thesaurus results for SENTRY

sentry

noun

ˈsen-trē

Definition of sentry

as in guard

a person or group that watches over someone or something a sentry posted to watch for intruders

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Recent Examples of sentry From Newt's family making first contact with a Facehugger to a wonderfully tense sentry gun sequence, Cameron's extra footage enhances a classic. — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 17 July 2026 Finally, unable to stand down the household guard on her own, Alicent confesses her scheme to Helaena, who orders the sentries on the ramparts to hold fire when Rhaenyra flies in on Syrax. — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 29 June 2026 Access to platforms was blocked off with bicycle-rack style barricades and roll-down gates as MTA police officers stood sentry, directing people to alternative transportation. — Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 16 May 2026 But a Marine sentry was spotted outside the West Wing most of the day Saturday, usually a sign the president is at work. — James Laporta, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sentry

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Noun

But with the Heat in search of offense and outside shooting, Heat rookie guard Ryan Conwell was called on to play the first meaningful minutes of his NBA career.

— Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 25 Oct. 2026
His coronation signaled where the genre was headed—away from the pleading old-guard types and toward a more fluid, hardcore hip-hop hybrid.

— Clover Hope, Pitchfork, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of guard

Noun

Parents or guardians must still claim and activate those accounts before managing them.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026
All the accounts of her story agree that this young heiress, named Maria de Lourdes Fernandes, witnessed the deaths of her parents; her guardian then locked her up and drove her to suicide to get her inheritance.

— Marcus Librizzi, The Conversation, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of guardian

Noun

Two days later, the custodian provided nine documents and forwarded 11 emails from the city clerk.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2026
Rouse said investigators reported the findings to the DA's office in July, and it was later revealed that Paparo was the records custodian for the Chester Police Department.

— CBS Philadelphia, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of custodian

Noun

Wasson, by contrast, kicks off by quoting three letters from prisoners in San Quentin, from 1947, addressed to the warden.

— Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
Since the story blew up, the warden ordered at least two raids to confiscate anything brought in illegally, TMZ adds.

— Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of warden

Noun

The vast Puya de Raimondi forest is on your doorstep, where thousands of giant bromeliads—the largest on the planet—rise like sentinels over the highlands.

— Luke Abrahams, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2026
Tuna are also ecologically important apex predators and serve as sentinels of ocean health.

— Torben Rick, The Conversation, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of sentinel

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