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sentry

noun as in watcher

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"You're a bunch of killers," a passerby told cops standing sentry there, according to one police source.

We found that the Sentry safe which contained our footage had indeed been under water.

I shared the sentiments of the Fatah sentry who allowed me inside the walls of the Muqata in Ramallah.

Twice the mounted sentry at the gates was changed while I wandered up and down the asphalt walk.

He looked up at the sentry towers dotting the campus as the bus entered Kirkland.

But mindful of her fears, he dispatched one of the troopers to stand sentry outside her door whilst he and his lackey supped.

That door and that sentry were obstacles which Garnache saw the futility of attempting to overcome without aid.

It was a mere joke, the sentry saw nothing; and the stone passed harmlessly over them.

"It was by Marius's contrivance that he was placed sentry over the girl," he heard her tell Fortunio, and he thought she sneered.

The housekeeper stood sentry with the broom, and the worthy captains slept on for another half-hour.

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On this page you'll find 14 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to sentry, such as: sentinel, and guard.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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