sentry
sentry
Definition
sen·try (sen′trē)
noun pl. -·tries
- a sentinel; esp., any of the men of a military guard posted to guard against, and warn of, danger
- Now Rare guard or watch to keep sentry
Etymology: < ? obs. centrinell, var. of sentinel
sentry
Synonyms
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Usage Examples
Converse of object
- stand: A church of silent air rings loud today; hymn books stand sentry by the doors, orders of service behind them.
- post: Ever vigilant, Tony has posted sentries to look out for rival gangs or the rozzers.
- 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.
Preposition: at
- gate: It is deserted apart from American sentries at the gate.
Converse of subject
- guard: From there we came out into the Kremlin, a city within a city, every entrance guarded by sentries who checked our passes.
Adjective modifier
- armed: A Guard hut was located just inside the field, and armed sentries patrolled the site to prevent any unauthorized access.
- western: Stream usually for places to start of western sentry.
- German: They all believed that London had been captured, and that German sentries were outside Buckingham Palace.
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.
- guard: They were very funny because they were all standing on their hind legs like sentries on guard!
- 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.
sentry Quotes
Most English talk is a quadrille in a sentry box.
My soul, there is a country Far beyond the stars, Where stands a winge' d sentry All skilful in the wars;
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