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- noun Plural form of
sentry .
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Examples
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If your hero can easily get into a well guarded-castle, then building a castle and setting up sentries is a waste of time.
Why authenticity matters in Fantasy (and what kind) zornhau 2007
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I'll be quite ready before you call the sentries, sir. "
The Kopje Garrison A Story of the Boer War George Manville Fenn 1870
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Beside his mistress, the sentries were the more predictable risk.
Stormwarden Wurts, Janny 1989
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On coming to the scene of riot, two officers were found there fighting, and the Princesse Louis, more than half undressed, came out and called the sentries on duty to separate the combatants, who were both wounded.
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How simple to sweep off a dozen or two of the inmates of the camp before these so-called sentries recovered from their dozing.
South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 Louis Creswicke
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On coming to the scene of riot, two officers were found there fighting, and the Princesse Louis, more than half undressed, came out and called the sentries on duty to separate the combatants, who were both wounded.
Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon Various
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The sentries were a peculiarity of the place which distinguished it from Basra.
In Mesopotamia Maurice Nicoll 1918
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On coming to the scene of riot, two officers were found there fighting, and the Princesse Louis, more than half undressed, came out and called the sentries on duty to separate the combatants, who were both wounded.
Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud (Being secret letters from a gentleman at Paris to a nobleman in London) — Volume 6 Lewis Goldsmith 1804
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On coming to the scene of riot, two officers were found there fighting, and the Princesse Louis, more than half undressed, came out and called the sentries on duty to separate the combatants, who were both wounded.
Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud (Being secret letters from a gentleman at Paris to a nobleman in London) — Complete Lewis Goldsmith 1804
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They are also called the sentries of the digestive system.
Medindia Health News 2009
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