sentinel's

Wrapped in silence so deep and still That he could hear, like a sentinel's tread,

A Breath of Snow and Ashes Gabaldon, Diana 2005

Our involuntary helper never got to make a reply to the sentinel's question, for all 3 men sank to the floor.

Duel Under the Double Sun Scheer, Karl 1977

Between four and five in the morning, in the dark that comes before the dawn, a sentinel's shot followed by the Indian yell brought every man to his feet.

Four American Indians King Philip, Pontiac, Tecumseh, Osceola Edson Leone Whitney

As Bill did not wish any one to know what he was doing at the door, he very generously offered to take the sentinel's place for a half-day, and permit him to go out and breathe the fresh air.

Eveline Mandeville The Horse Thief Rival Alvin Addison

When, therefore, he was challenged by the sentinel as he approached the camp, and to the sentinel's surprise gave the right password, he was nevertheless told that he must consider himself a prisoner, and was accordingly marched off to the guard-room for safe keeping and further enquiry.

With the Guards' Brigade from Bloemfontein to Koomati Poort and Back Edward P. Lowry

Court's vicinity; and the eternal sound of a sentinel's challenge, as files of men march and re-march by him, proclaims, that, deference to kings is much the same in simple Denmark, as in pageant England.

A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition William A. Ross

The offer was gladly accepted; and Bill succeeded, to his entire satisfaction, in getting an impression of the lock, while on duty in the sentinel's stead.

Eveline Mandeville The Horse Thief Rival Alvin Addison

Gujarati laid the hapless man gently beside the gun that peeped through the embrasure of the parapet, Desmond picked up the sentinel's matchlock, ran softly back, and summoned his companions.

In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Herbert Strang

On my return from the sentinel's beat one snowy night I discovered, by the dim firelight, eight or ten sheep in our cabin, sheltering from the storm.

The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson Edward A. Moore

The window of the room was nearly at the extremity of the sentinel's post, so that, during one period of his walk, the soldier's back, owing to the slow pace at which he marched up and down, was turned for a full minute.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846 Various