sentinel

Definition

  • verb: to watch over as a sentinel
  • sometimes used figuratively
  • synonyms: sentry, watch, guard

Examples

  • The trees 'stand sentinel' [=stand in a row like soldiers] on the cliffs.

  • armed 'sentinels'

Movie quotes

  • (..) Which was the place where ... ... horrendous biomechanical beasties lived and ruled ... ... and enslaved mankind and all of those things. I tried drawing sentinels, but I didn't get it. And they called in a couple other guys. They couldn't do it. I said, "Let me have one more shot at it." (..)
    2001 The Matrix Revisited
  • (..) Sominex and Metamucil. They'd seen some drawings ... ... that could have corresponded to images they had ... ... especially with the sentinels and the robotic part of it. They said that they liked the level of detail that I put in drawings. He draws so many details, that it becomes serene. (..)
    2001 The Matrix Revisited