plural sentries
Examples of sentry in a Sentence
The general placed an armed sentry at the bridge.
a sentry posted to watch for intruders
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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
See All Example Sentences for sentry
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“Sentry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sentry. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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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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