All 17 Uses
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A Gesture Life
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- The sentry noticed us and let us pass; he was a private I had recently treated for a mild case of dysentery.†
p. 168.4
- Meanwhile the sentry had heard the outburst and ran around to the front, instinctively leveling his rifle on us as he came forward.†
p. 174.1
- I raised my hands and the sentry yelled, "Hey there!"†
p. 174.1
- I barked, "Don't shoot!" but the sentry couldn't help himself and fired once in our direction.†
p. 174.2
- The sentry seemed shocked at his own reaction and dropped his rifle.†
p. 174.3
- Over the sentry's shoulder I could see the colonel take aim from the veranda and fire twice.†
p. 174.4
- Then a questioning, half-bemused expression flitted across the sentry's face, and he fell to the ground like a dropped stone.†
p. 174.6
- "Lieutenant Kurohata," he said unseverely, not even looking down at the sentry's body, which he practically stepped over as he approached me.†
p. 174.7
- The squad leader, a corporal, seemed shocked to find the lifeless body of the sentry lying in awkward repose by our feet.†
p. 175.9
- Two other men were to remain as sentries.†
p. 176.1 *sentries = people standing guard
- The next day I would note in the necessary form that the sentry, a Private Ozald, was shot dead by a forward sniper who was sought out by our patrols but never found.†
p. 176.6
- It so happened that the commander sent his sentry to my quarters to have this one escorted back to the infirmary.†
p. 230.7
- Captain Ono, however, was seemingly nowhere to be found; I even sought him out at the commander's hut, rapping on the door sharply until the new sentry ran up around the side and requested that I stop, saying the colonel was "resting" for the afternoon.†
p. 262.1
- I asked her but there was no guard or sentry inside, only she, though two men were stationed outside.†
p. 291.2
- The captain told the sentries they were relieved of their posts for one hour.†
p. 296.4sentries = people standing guard
- The sentries will take care of this mess.†
p. 302.7
- One of the sentries pulled me along, saying, "Don't worry, the lieutenant has his certain way."†
p. 303.5
Definitions:
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(1)
(sentry) someone who stands guard
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)