sentinel
noun
a person or thing that watches or stands as if watching.
sentineling
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present participleof sentinel.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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The two great poplar-trees, sentineling what had once been the gate of the old Gordon homestead, had been spared through all the industrial changes.
From The Quickening by E. M. Ashe
