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Meanings of sentinel in inglés
A person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event.
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Examples for "watch"
Examples for "watch"
1
This year, as every year, he will watch the Open from home.
2
Young people say pornography is too easy to watch in New Zealand.
3
The vote is scheduled for today; you can watch the debate live.
4
Did you watch Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words the other week?
5
What to watch: -Ghana goes to the market for new funds.
1
In answer the scout gave a disgusted wave to the sea beyond.
2
The general wants some few cavalrymen for a scout in the Mazatzal.
3
Bolitho said, I will use every vessel which can scout for us.
4
A minute later, and the fat scout cried out in considerable excitement:
5
The sole descendant of the giants was the scout behind the door.
1
I would suggest, therefore, that you remain awake and on the lookout.
2
He knew the lookout well; they had often shared this precarious perch.
3
Hallowes said, I'll send a good lookout up to that ridge, sir.
4
One lookout in front of the bank, and another at the rear.
5
The Gonds in Seonee were always on the lookout for a porcupine.
1
A hundred feet south a new sentry had just rotated into position.
2
Tamani is a trained sentry and he takes his work very seriously.
3
The sentry on duty watching the Greeks will be in the way.
4
Only one was left on sentry duty - they thought themselves safe.
5
The garden was in a wooden trough in front of his sentry-box.
1
Almost all the men on the picket line had seen combat, too.
2
They also said that they would picket polling stations on voting day.
3
Some said they were arrested at least once, sometimes at picket lines.
4
The speaker opened a gate in the picket railing and stepped inside.
5
Next morning it was back on the picket way at first light.
1
When a good spot really matters, make sure you know your spotter.
2
When that wreck happened, Stevie Reeves, my spotter did a great job.
3
In some cases having no spotter at all may actually be safest.
4
A beginning climber can actually be a better spotter than a pro.
5
Before anyone leaves the ground, both the climber and spotter need clarity.
1
Suddenly the voice of the lookout man rang out clearly:
2
About midnight the lookout man aloft reported that he could see a twinkling light.
3
While he was watching the east, the lookout man in the foretop hailed the deck.
4
Frederick Fleet, a sailor and lookout man on the Titanic, followed Pitman on the stand.
5
He and Brendan had found a house ripe for robbery and wanted Karney as lookout man.
Usage of sentinel in inglés
1
A single sentinel in the rear of the building barred the way.
2
Results: At least one sentinel lymph node was identified for each patient.
3
My companion left me in charge of the sentinel, and rushed in.
4
As a sentinel, my first concern is maintaining safety throughout the convocation.
5
But in this, they were mistaken; for the sentinel used renewed vigilance.
6
However there was no isolated lomboaortic sentinel lymph node in this study.
7
At this juncture, Mr. Lambert and the sentinel appeared in the doorway.
8
The sentinel struck spurs to his horse, and disappeared in the forest.
9
This is good news, indeed. But Patrick stood silent as a sentinel.
10
Then pass the sentinel and go up the steps into the house.
11
The sentinel carelessly dropped the butt of his musket on the coin.
12
Just ahead of him in the path stood a colored army sentinel.
13
They answered the hail of the sentinel and came on more swiftly.
14
The sentinel and Robert rushed into the shrubbery but nothing was there.
15
The figure passed us, and unchallenged by the sentinel whom it met.
16
The sentinel clubbed his musket and pressed against the front men savagely.
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