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Meanings of stand sentinel in English

Portuguese
estar de sentinela
Spanish
vigilar

Watch over so as to protect.

estar de sentinela
Usage of stand sentinel in English
1
Men and women in almost identical dark jackets and trousers stand sentinel.
The Guardian
2
The forest appeared to stand sentinel over the shore for its entire length.
A Voyage to Arcturus
3
But of all the cowards that stand sentinel for capital, the most craven is Confidence.
The Cost
4
Enter the building and two mascots stand sentinel, bedecked in the school's red and white.
The Irish Times
5
So it hangs in her drawing-room, near by where the Eildons stand sentinel over Scott's resting-place.
Robert Louis Stevenson
6
Created guardians and defenses 'pon the other side to ward your sleep, to stand sentinel over your home.
Changes
7
Jeffrey, we shall expect you to stand sentinel at the old gate, and guard us from the ghosts.
Can You Forgive Her?
8
However, as you seem to be a bit of a muff, I'll stand sentinel whilst you cut him out.
A Perilous Secret
9
They stand sentinel on either side of you as Albert the Slaughter, gracious still in hung-over sweats, leads the heifer out.
The Irish Times
10
The fort was on the hill behind, and seemed to stand sentinel for the little township it was there to protect.
French and English: A Story of the Struggle in America
11
Now by one firm thrust the hand planted the rod into the sand, leaving it to stand sentinel between the two parties.
Key Out of Time
12
He had taken his place near the 'phone and stood sentinel there.
Destiny
13
On the adjacent platform, the gander stands sentinel, staring down the great black-backs.
The Guardian
14
There aren't many of us still standing sentinel against the Shadows.
Proven guilty
15
That's precisely what I saw last night as I stood sentinel outside your house.
The double bind
16
A pair of miniature stone castles stood sentinel on either side of the road.
Career of Evil
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