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Definition of Sentries
1. sentry [n] - See also: sentry
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sentries
Literary usage of Sentries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"Might 'scape the sentries watching by the gates, And guide the king in safety
from the fleet; At last took station o'er his head, and spake : " Seemeth thy ..."
2. Field Exercise and Evolutions of Infantry, as Revised by Her Majesty's by Great Britain War Office, Great Britain Army (1870)
"1 The sentries will then be ordered to. j shoulder arms and front. ... sentries
walking backwards and forwards on their posts, must do so in a brisk and ..."
3. The Operations of War: Explained and Illustrated by Edward Bruce Hamley (1866)
"The sentries. movements of the enemy, and to guard against surprise. ...
Each picket will furnish three double sentries, of which there will then be 48. ..."
4. The Popular Science Monthly (1884)
"Where William and Alexander von Humboldt are sentries, there will always be the
seat of the noblest manly effort, of free investigation and free teaching. ..."
5. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1884)
"Where -William and Alexander von Humboldt are sentries, there will always be the
seat of the noblest manly effort, of free investigation and free teaching. ..."
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