plural sentries
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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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On the other side of a tidal creek, a black mangrove stood like a sentry.
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Michael Adno, Scientific American, 25 June 2024
What happened: After crossing Juno Beach, Doohan shot two German snipers in the French village of Graye-sur-Mer and was shot at least six times – not by a German, but by a nervous Canadian sentry – at about 11:30 that evening.
—George Petras, USA TODAY, 6 June 2024
Gunplay at the Association A statue of a panda bear sits like a chunky sentry atop a pillar on Classen Boulevard in Oklahoma City’s Asian District.
—Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, 14 Mar. 2024
On Wednesday, Pakistan’s army said an Afghan sentry had opened fire at the Wesh-Chaman border crossing and killed two Pakistani citizens, including a 12-year-old child.
—Hasan Ali, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Oct. 2023
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Michael Adno, Scientific American, 25 June 2024
What happened: After crossing Juno Beach, Doohan shot two German snipers in the French village of Graye-sur-Mer and was shot at least six times – not by a German, but by a nervous Canadian sentry – at about 11:30 that evening.
—George Petras, USA TODAY, 6 June 2024
Gunplay at the Association A statue of a panda bear sits like a chunky sentry atop a pillar on Classen Boulevard in Oklahoma City’s Asian District.
—Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, 14 Mar. 2024
On Wednesday, Pakistan’s army said an Afghan sentry had opened fire at the Wesh-Chaman border crossing and killed two Pakistani citizens, including a 12-year-old child.
—Hasan Ali, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Oct. 2023
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“Sentry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sentry. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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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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