sentry - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • stand: A church of silent air rings loud today; hymn books stand sentry by the doors, orders of service behind them.
  • see: All went well until we saw a sentry on the road.
  • say: So I wonder how you would say sentry go in the past tense?
  • pass: I made directly for this ' haven ' but had to pass the sentry at the gateway.

Adjective modifier

  • western: Stream usually for places to start of western sentry.

Preposition: on

  • duty: A possible cause for that disaster was the fact that the sentry on duty in Lebanon did not have a magazine in his M16.
  • gate: It was a proud moment for me when I mounted my first sentry on the front gates of Buckingham Palace.

Modifies a noun

  • gun: The last sentry gun at the top of the steps on the opposite side of the room is not a problem.
  • duty: He wound up on an IV drip, simply for falling asleep on sentry duty.
  • box: Each conductor was provided with a sentry box in which to sit whilst he was waiting for a fire call.
  • post: However within minutes the pair walk straight into a German Sentry post.
  • insurance: A vital role by fire power coming here as well and sentry insurance.
  • line: They walked 15ft across the sentry line at the entrance to a US military base near Harrogate.

Noun used with modifier

  • night: The first night we established the night sentry routine.

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