noun
- soldiers or guards whose job is to keep watch and prevent unauthorized people from entering a place
Examples
- The sentries stood at attention outside the palace gates.
- Two sentries patrolled the perimeter of the military base.
- The castle had sentries posted at every entrance.
- Armed sentries checked identification at the checkpoint.
- The sentries changed shifts every four hours.
- Enemy forces tried to sneak past the sleeping sentries.