All 12 Uses

sentry
in
Chains, by Laurie Halse Anderson
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When the echoes of the soldiers' boots had vanished, I moved on, staying away from the lights of the sentry fires, passing under the dark shadow of King George's statue in the Bowling Green, and hurrying to my destination.†
p. 99.9
As I neared the gate, a sentry stepped out and blocked my way.†
p. 100.3 *
I leapt over the remains of a sentry fire, bumped into a gray-bearded soldier wearing a homespun shirt, and startled a man carrying two live hens by the feet.†
p. 136.1
"By your leave, sir," said the sentry.†
p. 137.7
"This girl knew the password, insisted on seeing you," the sentry continued.†
p. 137.8
Two more sentries filed in, followed by Madam Lockton, breathing hard, and a tall gentleman I'd not seen before.†
p. 138.1

sentries = people standing guard
My sentry waved me farther into the room so that the newcomers might all fit.†
p. 138.2
The sentries shifted their boots on the floor; one cleared his throat.†
p. 138.9

sentries = people standing guard
The sentries slipped into the hall.†
p. 140.5
I want patrols assembled immediately to keep watch in the streets, and sentry fires built on every corner.†
p. 182.9
My body moved through the streets, past sentry fires and redcoats carrying torches down suspicious alleys and into abandoned houses.†
p. 184.7
A sentry fire was lit at the corner, burning between us and the last two blocks to the wharf.†
p. 296.3

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