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Recent Examples of sentry 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 In the early hours of April 21, 1775, gale-force winds whipped across the town square, driving the shivering sentries from their posts to the shelter of their beds. Andrew Lawler, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 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 Intimidating sentries patrol the streets; snipers are merciless death machines. IEEE Spectrum, 14 Nov. 2014 See All Example Sentences for sentry
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sentry
Noun
  • The Magic had help off the bench when 6-5 guard Wendell Moore Jr. posted an efficient 22 points with a pair of triples and 6-4 guard Alondes Williams added 14 with 4 boards, 3 assists and 2 steals.
    Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 July 2025
  • The kind guard in the lobby and my mother’s terrible, open mouth.
    Rebecca Chace July 14, Literary Hub, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • The council will also consider measures to hold parents and guardians accountable for their children's actions, including fines and parenting classes for repeat violations.
    Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 8 July 2025
  • Riding on the laurels of military success in Iran, Netanyahu and Trump envision themselves as guardians of the free world.
    Ayelet Gundar-Goshen, Time, 7 July 2025
Noun
  • The asset manager has evolved from a portfolio custodian to a business unit leader—closer to the CEO of the asset than to an administrator.
    Aurele Gouy, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
  • The shooting claimed the lives of head of school Katherine Koonce, 59; custodian Mike Hill, 61; substitute teacher Cynthia Peak, 61; and third-graders Evelyn Dieckhaus, William Kinney and Hallie Scruggs, the Covenant Presbyterian pastor’s daughter.
    Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • Alyson had served as senior warden at All Saints Episcopal Church in Fort Lauderdale and was a trustee of Sewanee: The University of the South, the Episcopal college in Tennessee where Josephine had graduated.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 11 July 2025
  • The warden of the facility then ordered a shakedown at the former cell, where a powdery substance was found hidden in the bed of one of the inmates, according to the report.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • Mutu plants her bronze figures in the gardens like sentinels from another world.
    Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
  • Conservationists Annemarie van Doorn and Luke Playford watch over the region like sentinels.
    Angus Watson, CNN Money, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • Wyatt Kaiser is 22 and looks like a keeper.
    Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Callender was back in his usual role as Inter Miami’s starting keeper on Sunday night against Toronto FC at Chase Stadium.
    Andre Fernandez, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2025

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“Sentry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sentry. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.

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