Nick Harkaway

Being a parent is weird. It changes people in subtle and unsubtle ways. In my case, it awoke a kind of manic sentinel in my brain. Anything in the house that might be a threat to the kids or to my wife gets terminated - food, sharp edges, poor wiring.

English Novelist

George Monbiot

As Dutch elm disease spread across Britain in the 1970s, the country fell into mourning. When the sentinel trees that framed our horizons were felled, their loss was a constant topic of sad and angry conversation.

British Writer

William Henry Ashley

Having now reached a point where danger might be reasonably apprehended from strolling war parties of Indians, spies were kept in advance and strict diligence observed in the duty of sentinels.

American Businessman

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Critics are sentinels in the grand army of letters, stationed at the corners of newspapers and reviews, to challenge every new author.

American Poet

Daniel Webster

We have been taught to regard a representative of the people as a sentinel on the watch-tower of liberty.

American Statesman

Charles Baudelaire

The man who says his evening prayer is a captain posting his sentinels. He can sleep.

French Poet

Marcus Tullius Cicero

The eyes like sentinel occupy the highest place in the body.

Roman Statesman

Johann Kaspar Lavater

German Theologian

Think of a sentinel as an observer who carefully watches over a specific area or object.

Visual Imagery

Sentinel can be used to describe non-human entities that act as guards, like security systems.

Personification

Used metaphorically, 'sentinel' implies vigilance and an imposing or protective presence.

Metaphoric Use

Frequently used in a military or security context, often implying that someone is on watch or duty.

Military Context

A sentinel is considered an authority figure within their context, able to grant or deny access.

Authority Figure

In medicine, 'sentinel' often relates to the first sign indicating the presence of a disease or condition.

Indicator Sign

The term 'sentinel' in medical contexts is also related to monitoring aimed at early detection and prevention.

Preventive Action

Used in medical research, sentinel describes sites or patients that provide early warning signs for study.

Research Term

 but I know that the question that's on everybody's mind How is that playing into the here and now? You know, we describe Sentinel as a pandemic preemption system, and here we are in a pandemic. But what's great is that, actually, the same tools you need to preempt a pandemic are the ones that you need to respond to one. And so all of the technologies that we have laid out --

A virus detection...

 their genetic traits were passed on, gradually breeding tamer wolves in areas near human populations. Over time humans found a multitude of uses for these docile wolves. They helped to track and hunt prey, and might have served as sentinels to guard camps and warn of approaching enemies.

A brief history of dogs...

 to protect the coastal habitats they share with other species the D argues the real solution is to keep entire ocean ecosystems healthy because penguins like so many other marine animals migrate over vast distances there are global marine sentinels

Penguins Cutely Count...

 They're comical, they walk upright, and, of course, they're diligent. And, more importantly, they're well-dressed. So they have all the criteria that people normally like. But scientifically, they're amazing because they're sentinels.

Dee Boersma: Pay...

 got human to animal an animal to animal but can animal knowledge help people yes marine mammals are sentinels of the sea they can shout calls of alarm if we're willing to listen for example they can

How shared knowledge can...

 So we can think of the Cas9 RNA sentinel complex like a pair of scissors that can cut DNA -- it makes a double-stranded break in the DNA helix. And importantly, this complex is programmable,

How CRISPR lets us edit...

 We're the sentinels, watching over, and taking care of it. And I tell the "I wish part of what I am telling you now remains deeply etched into your minds and hearts,

How One Community Saved...

 guarding the food supply is just as important as collecting it and some of the young helpers act as sentinels keeping an eye out for thieves this is a

Birds Stealing From...

 guarding the food supply is just as important as collecting it and some of the young helpers act as sentinels keeping an eye out for thieves

Unbelievable Bird...

 sentinels look up at the sky for threats