sentry post

collocation in English

meaningsofsentryandpost

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sentry
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsen.tri/us
/ˈsen.tri/
a soldier who guards a place, usually by standing at ...
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post
noun
uk
/pəʊst/us
/poʊst/
mainly UK
letters, etc. that are delivered to homes or places ...
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(Definition ofsentryandpostfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsentry post

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Moreover, there was no sense of urgency in the routine manner in which the firstsentrypostpermitted the car to pass.
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He fired at the man, as did one or more fighters in a nearbysentrypost.
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For this purpose, it extends further out from the wall than the north-westernsentrypost.
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Another remaining, standing telephone post sits between the range and the southern-mostsentrypost.
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It had an excellent view across the entire city and may have served as asentrypostcontrolling access to the site.
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A militarysentrypostadjacent to the site of the school restricts access to the area when the range is in use.
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If the picket were under attack at that time, then it appears highly implausible that the firstsentrypostwould have permitted the car to pass.
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Both posts also have remaining, disused telephone posts which serviced the firing range, although one of two telephone posts at the southern-mostsentryposthas collapsed.
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That includes proposals relating to the unloading of live ammunition by soldiers on either side of the line and unmanning sentry posts.
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There is simply a bar across the road, with perhaps a sentry posted on the spot.
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What else is a sentry posted for?
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Initially the sentry posts were staffed by armed police almost continuously.
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The whole is surrounded by walls covered by circular paths and punctuated by watchtowers and sentry posts.
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