sentinel
noun
a person or thing that watches or stands as if watching.
have sentinelled
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present perfectof sentinel.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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"I come," she said, "to save your life, which is else in great peril—if you answer me, speak as low as you can, for they have sentinelled your door with armed men."
From The Monastery by Sir Walter Scott
