All 4 Uses of
sentinel
in
Atlas Shrugged
- On the roof of a structure above the gate, he saw, as he came closer, the slim silhouette of a man who held a gun in each hand and, from behind the protection of a chimney, kept firing at intervals down into the mob, firing swiftly and, it seemed, in two directions at once, like a sentinel protecting the approaches to the gate.†
Chpt 3.6
- Sentinels with bayonets stood on the landings of the fire-stairways.†
Chpt 3.8 *
- The corridors were deserted except for armed sentinels posted at the turns.†
Chpt 3.8
- He observed, as he came closer, that something out of the ordinary was going on at Project X, The barbed-wire fence was broken, and no sentinels met him at the gate.†
Chpt 3.9
Definition:
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(sentinel) a person who stands guard or looks out for something