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Significados de stand sentinel en inglés

portugués
estar de sentinela
español
vigilar

Watch over so as to protect.

vigilar
Uso de stand sentinel en inglés
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Men and women in almost identical dark jackets and trousers stand sentinel.
The Guardian
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The forest appeared to stand sentinel over the shore for its entire length.
A Voyage to Arcturus
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But of all the cowards that stand sentinel for capital, the most craven is Confidence.
The Cost
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Enter the building and two mascots stand sentinel, bedecked in the school's red and white.
The Irish Times
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So it hangs in her drawing-room, near by where the Eildons stand sentinel over Scott's resting-place.
Robert Louis Stevenson
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Created guardians and defenses 'pon the other side to ward your sleep, to stand sentinel over your home.
Changes
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Jeffrey, we shall expect you to stand sentinel at the old gate, and guard us from the ghosts.
Can You Forgive Her?
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However, as you seem to be a bit of a muff, I'll stand sentinel whilst you cut him out.
A Perilous Secret
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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
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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
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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
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He had taken his place near the 'phone and stood sentinel there.
Destiny
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On the adjacent platform, the gander stands sentinel, staring down the great black-backs.
The Guardian
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There aren't many of us still standing sentinel against the Shadows.
Proven guilty
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That's precisely what I saw last night as I stood sentinel outside your house.
The double bind
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A pair of miniature stone castles stood sentinel on either side of the road.
Career of Evil
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