Example Sentences

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He was stationed at Fort Knox, where he sentinelled the country’s gold reserves.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 27, 2017

Williamstown, sentinelled with maple trees, smiles at the Berkshires.

From Time Magazine Archive

The tent was sentinelled, and Dujardin was alone with the past.

From White Lies by Reade, Charles

The crest of this was sentinelled by tall scattered cocoanut trees, the "bursting star" pyrotechnic effect of their tops being particularly fine against the sky.

From African Camp Fires by White, Stewart Edward

Black, witch-like pines sentinelled its flanks, and accentuated its desolation.

From The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance by Service, Robert W. (Robert William)