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
The snout of a curious whale and the muzzle of a four-legged sentry came oh-so close.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sentry
Noun
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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
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The kind guard in the lobby and my mother’s terrible, open mouth.—
Rebecca Chace
July 14,
Literary Hub,
14 July 2025
Noun
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Mutu plants her bronze figures in the gardens like sentinels from another world.—
Lee Sharrock,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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Conservationists Annemarie van Doorn and Luke Playford watch over the region like sentinels.—
Angus Watson,
CNN Money,
25 June 2025
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Wyatt Kaiser is 22 and looks like a keeper.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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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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