All 6 Uses of
sentinel
in
The War of the Worlds
- They told me no one was allowed over the canal, and, looking along the road towards the bridge, I saw one of the Cardigan men standing sentinel there.†
Chpt 1.9 *
- Over that, above the blackened heather and ruined buildings that stretched far and wide, stood one as sentinel, while the rest abandoned their vast fighting-machines and descended into the pit.†
Chpt 1.13
- It was a few minutes past nine that night when these three sentinels were joined by four other Martians, each carrying a thick black tube.†
Chpt 1.15
- A hundred such questions struggled together in my mind as I watched that vast sentinel shape.†
Chpt 1.15
- As the dawn grew clearer, we saw through the gap in the wall the body of a Martian, standing sentinel, I suppose, over the still glowing cylinder.†
Chpt 2.1
- I also weighed very carefully the possibility of our digging a way out in a direction away from the pit, but the chances of our emerging within sight of some sentinel fighting-machine seemed at first too great.†
Chpt 2.3
Definition:
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(sentinel) a person who stands guard or looks out for something