sentinel
noun
a person or thing that watches or stands as if watching.
had sentineled
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past perfectof sentinel.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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And then as if commanded by a voice, his eyes turned to the dead cottonwood stub which had sentineled the little oasis of trees for many years.
From The Alaskan by James Oliver Curwood
