Usage of "sentry duty"

Portuguese

The duty of serving as a sentry.

Usage of sentry duty in English

Only one was left on sentry duty - they thought themselves safe. 
 King rolen's kin: the uncrowned king 

Rodman was up in his bedroom, attiring himself elaborately for sentry duty. 
 The Story of Waitstill Baxter 

The man next me was equipping himself to go on sentry duty. 
 Light 

Gaston was doing sentry duty before two doors some twenty paces apart. 
 The Rose of Old St. Louis 

He hated his duties, sentry duty, in the First Zone of the Armies. 
 Civilization: Tales of the Orient 

He wriggled down quickly, and stood in the doorway again, on sentry duty. 
 Captivity 

Most of Sharnak's people were asleep, and those on sentry duty ignored him. 
 Sisterhood of Dune 

At the front door another soldier was stationed doing sentry duty. 
 The Kingdom of the Blind 

The men are hard enough worked, without having unnecessary sentry duty. 
 On the Irrawaddy: A Story of the First Burmese War 

Never is a warrior loath to be relieved of sentry duty. 
 Tarzan the Terrible 

He was killed by a German shell while on sentry duty. 
 A Patriotic Schoolgirl 

Pardoned young soldier who had fallen asleep on sentry duty. 
 The new yorker 

I think we've done enough sentry duty on this wall. 
 Beyond The Frontier: Steadfast 

Since his comrade had been imprisoned, he had to do two men's sentry duty. 
 The hangman's daughter 

Tiaan did not think the seeker was doing sentry duty. 
 Tetrarch (Well of Echoes) 

Anand was on sentry duty atop a mango tree along with a steel flashlight. 
 The mango season 

Translations for sentry duty

Portuguese

Meanings of sentry duty in English