Both Uses of
sentry
in
The Fountainhead
- The fortress was eminently suited to its purpose, with stout, brick walls, a few slits wide enough for sentries, ramparts behind which defending archers could hide, and corner turrets from which boiling oil could be poured upon the attacker—should such an emergency arise in an institute of learning.†
Chpt 1.1
- She stood before his desk, straight, controlled, like a sentry in a storm who knows that he has to take it and has to remain there even when he can take it no longer.†
Chpt 2.12 *
Definition:
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(sentry) someone who stands guard