I threw myself against the wicket, but the two sentinels instantly crossed bayonets before my breast.
Our tables were surrounded by sentinels of the Revolutionary army.
When the troop had finished its dances and songs in the courtyard, and gone through a sort of march, it placed its sentinels and retired.
One moment they ordered us to remain inside our rooms, and another we were told to stand like sentinels at our doors.
The sentinels had been withdrawn the day before, at ten o'clock at night.
Two sentinels had been posted at our door, and I tried to have some talk with them.
On the other hand, the captain of the guard, who ought to have kept the sentinels to their duty, was thrown headlong from the Capitol.
Careful watch was kept during the night, and frequent picquets sent out to guard against a surprise, and to see that the sentinelswere vigilant.
Yes; when he deserted he killed the two sentinels who were on guard over him, then killed a mounted officer and rode away on his horse.
They were most likely buried in slumber, and, if they had sentinels out, his life would be endangered by a rapid approach.
The Federal and Confederate sentinels walk their beats in sight of each other.
Francis Union was shot and killed by one of our own sentinels last night, the ball entering just under the nose.
Privates Vincent and Watson, sentinels of a sub-picket, under command of Corporal Stiner, discovered a man stealing through the woods, and halted him.
Stacks of chimneys stood along our way like sentinels over the dead land.
The person working, carefully felt his way upward, when suddenly a small amount of the top earth fell in, and through this he could plainly see two sentinels apparently looking at him.
We soon came in sight of the main fortifications around Richmond, and instantly dropping upon the ground we lay for a long time, listening and watching for the presence of sentinels upon that part of the line.
The enemy is in the woods before us, and as the sentinelsoccasionally exchange shots, we can see the flash of their guns and hear the whistle of bullets above our heads.
I complained one day to the nurses of the fact that their extreme loquacity really prevented my sleeping, and, as she told me that the patients suffered in the same way, I advised her to speak to the sentinels and ask them to be more quiet.
One morning I was still in bed, when a stampede of many feet down the passage warned me our sentinels had had a warning.
This encouraged me in my belief that it would be better for me to be in that beleaguered town than to submit to the possible insults of Boer sentinels at Setlagoli.
The corporal of the old guard marches on the right of the leading file, and takes command when the last one of the old sentinels is relieved, changing places with the corporal of the new guard.
Orders for sentinels are of two classes: General orders and special orders.
Sentinels salute, in accordance with the foregoing rules, all persons and parties entitled to compliments from the guards (Pars.
It is the duty of the corporal of the guard to post and relievesentinels and to instruct the members of his relief in their orders and duties.
Reliefs, visiting patrols, and inspecting officers approach sentinels from the rear.
Mounted sentinels are posted and relieved in accordance with the same principles.
He will see that no person enters the guardhouse or guard tent, or crosses the posts of the sentinels there posted without proper authority.
The adjutant, when so directed, selects orderlies and colorsentinels as prescribed in the Manual of Interior Guard Duty and notifies the commander of the guard of his selection.
Sentinels on post doing interior guard duty conform to the foregoing principles, but salute by presenting arms when armed with the rifle.
Troop stable guards will not be used except in the field, or when it is impracticable to guard the stables by sentinels from the main guard.
If the patrol be required to go beyond the chain of sentinels, the officer or noncommissioned officer in charge will be furnished with the countersign and the outposts and sentinels warned.
The instructions given for troop stable guard will be observed as far as applicable by the noncommissioned officers and sentinels of the main guard when in charge of the stables.
The king was seated at the breakfast-table, when the sentinels saw a large fleet of ships sailing in through the fjord.
They set sentinels at all the doors, then broke into the sleeping-rooms and carried off Sigurd Hjort's children and the stolen goods.
The inhabitants poured there in throngs from all quarters, armed with different weapons; the crowd that already surrounded it was considerable; the sentinels were at their posts, and the drawbridges raised as in war-time.
Their lurking Indians were nightly prowling about our encampment, and alarming the sentinels on their posts.
The Dragoons in passing the line of sentinels, were fired upon by mistake, the sentinels supposing them to be the enemy (it being very dark) but fortunately no one was injured.
It was so near to the enemy's quarters, that the voices of the sentinels could be distinctly heard in the opposite camps, and they did not fail to salute one another with the epithet of "traitors.
To announce the approach of the Sovereign Master; to see that the sentinels are at their respective posts, and the Council chambers duly guarded.
To observe the orders and directions of the Grand Commander; to see that the sentinels are at their respective posts, and that the Encampment is duly guarded.
Please to attend to that part of your duty, see that the sentinels are at their respective posts, and inform the Captain of the Guards that we are about to open a Council of Knights of the Red Cross for the dispatch of business.
Every night two sentinelskept watch until dawn, and it was this seemingly superfluous measure that saved Vladimirofka from total destruction.
More sentinelswere placed, strict vigilance was observed, but every precaution failed.
At certain intervals we saw conical mounds of earth about sixty feet high, serving as watch-towers, on which sentinels are stationed day and night.
A few armed vessels, judiciously stationed at the entrances of our ports, might at a small expense be made useful sentinels of the laws.
The sentinels will be posted on clear nights generally upon high ground; in bad or foggy weather the foot of the slope is preferable.
So reasoning he waited, hoping that the two sentinels who were nodding so suggestively would fall asleep.
He was then able to see a small opening in which about a dozen warriors lay around a low fire, with two who were sentinels sitting up but nodding.
He could still see very clearly their figures outlined in a black tracery against the flames, and they might have sentinels posted nearer, but evidently his own change of base had not been suspected.
He waited a long time to see whether Wyatt had posted any sentinels within eyeshot or earshot, as he had no desire to be trapped inside, and then, feeling sure that they were not near, he entered.
He knew that the sentinels had been set largely as a matter of form, since the Indians in the bowl itself would not anticipate any attack from a lone fugitive.
As I had expected, I found the entrance barred by a couple of sentinels who were playing cards and smoking cigarettes.
Two other sentinels were on guard here; and they also were smoking cigarettes and playing cards.
I shall have finished my first rounds at the hour when the sentinels at the castle are relieved, and shall be ready to recommence them in your good company.
The other sentinels seemed to avoid them; for they disappeared when they came near, or passed them without looking, or seeming to observe them.
The affairs of the government having thus been settled, all hands were ordered in pursuit of Captain Mann, and sentinels were posted at different points of observation.
Posted four sentinels all night from a sergeant's guard of twelve men--relieved every hour--visited every half hour.
Perceiving himself thus completely shut in, Ogden formed the bold enterprise of leaving his garrison in the night, and floating down the river, past the works and the sentinels of the enemy, in order to repair to Philadelphia for succors.
The sentinels were driven in, and his advanced guard attacked, before he had time to form his troops.
The enemy's sentinels being directly in sight of the fort, the most rapid movements were necessary.
A thin cordon of sentinels appeared at easy hailing distance along the principal streets, and the task was accomplished.
Several times on the trip we awakened the sentinels by the doors as the corporal approached, thus saving them from punishment.
Seven sentinels were on duty,--three in the back yard, four in the front yard.
Here and there above the houses rose spires and towers of churches in the sober morning light, like sentinels guarding the people from spiritual harm.
What an anachronism these sentinels outside the Palace were!
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "sentinels" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
