“The sentinel still stood at attention directly under the lantern, not moving but to breathe.”

“The day lilies in the ditch north of Five Corners are orange summer sentinels, fully at attention.”

“Those trees used to stand like sentinels on either side of the path leading to the bandstand from the Glass House.”

“The Blackcrest Mountains were very tall here, and they stood like foreboding sentinels with their black peaks protruding like worn teeth.”