sentry

IPA: sˈɛntri

noun

  • A guard, particularly on duty at the entrance to a military base.
  • (uncountable) Sentry duty; time spent being a sentry.
  • (nautical) A form of drag to be towed underwater, which on striking bottom is upset and rises to the surface.
  • A watchtower.
  • An animal like a marmot tasked with alerting the pack to danger.
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Examples of "sentry" in Sentences

  • The sentry was shot in the head.
  • He used to be a man who does sentry.
  • The sentry arrives only to find the battle over.
  • The sentry was hit and took cover inside the house.
  • Won the Pulitzer Prize for his photo of the Sentry.
  • The sentry troops of Russians were crushed by the Crimeans.
  • The male stands sentry duty on termite mounds and the like.
  • The corrupt sentry allowed the Spanish troops to enter the castle.
  • A sentry at the bridge he was the last to cross as the British advanced.
  • A sentry at the bridge, he was the last to cross as the British advanced.

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