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.