“He walked westward and out of the village by the back way to avoid the Roman sentry on the road.”

“We put one man on top of the Antelope House to act as a sentry as the others patrolled the grounds the next night.”

“There wasn't a single sentry, and the armies stood like an immense black sea about the castle.”

“The fluted sea cliffs, or pali, rise like sentries straight up from the green valleys and white sand beaches below.”

“Dozens of sentries and crossbowmen kept watch on the battlements, and mounted cavalry patrolled the keep walls and the surrounding area.”

“But only the tumbleweeds, sagebrush and cactus, that stood like splintered sentries, were visible in this vast wilderness.”