| 单词 | sentry box |
| 例句 | Lincoln steps past the sentry boxes, grasps the wrought-iron railing, and marches up the steps into the Confederate White House. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z The corporal on duty at the sentry box braced to attention when he saw the officer’s sticker on the front bumper of the car. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Ironically, this event took place amidst bollards, barriers, sentry boxes, more than 13,000 soldiers and police officers, and miles of security fences. A nation divided: Comparing Trump’s inauguration to those of the past 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z But the Vatican says the effect is "of a mantle that almost looks like a sentry box, topped by a head of a pope which comes off too roundish." Vatican slams new pope John Paul sculpture 2011-05-20T12:50:09Z But the Vatican says the effect is more like a police sentry box than a welcoming pontiff. Vatican trashes new pope sculpture 2011-05-20T10:27:09Z The promenade running away to the funland arcades, the fishermen's huts like extended sentry boxes. Marine Court: Hymn to the Sun 2010-09-03T23:06:00Z Stepping up to the copper-plated sentry box adjacent to the Dakota’s majestic archway, Kutti handed the doorman a sealed envelope addressed to “Ms. Yoko Ono,” with the word “personal” scrawled underneath. How Yoko Ono and a publishing temp saved the Beatles' Holy Grail from the scrap heap 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z Romans complained that the sculpture didn't adequately capture the likeness of the beloved pope, who died in 2005, and the six-meter-tall work was belittlingly compared to a sentry box, a bell and a public urinal. ArtsBeat: Controversial Statue of John Paul II Gets Makeover 2012-09-18T21:29:49Z It looked a bit like the sentry box for the soldier on guard at the Gako military camp. Fiction by Scholastique Mukasonga: “Cattle Praise Song” 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z The guard bursts out of a sentry box and tackles the man, who is able to crawl through the entrance doors. Russian TV shows scuffle outside US Embassy in Moscow 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z But it is not without its critics, with the deputy leader of the conservative New Zealand First party, Ron Mark, saying it resembled the design painted on Nazi sentry boxes. New Zealand flag vote: Red Peak added to shortlist - BBC News 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z Deputy leader Ron Mark has also criticised Red Peak as resembling the design painted on Nazi sentry boxes. New Zealand U-turns on Red Peak flag design - BBC News 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z Saints came close to scoring a try when Tonga'uiha exploited an empty sentry box at a ruck but Castres had blown two overlaps through poor passing and handling. Northampton 18-12 Castres 2013-01-11T22:09:46Z A boxlike shed for shelter; as, a sentry box. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z The stucco of the walls is peeling off; the long rows of windows are shuttered; the sentry boxes stand empty. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z Out at the point of the seawall, near Chiriqui Prison, stands an old stone sentry box. Prowling about Panama 2012-02-11T03:04:04.040Z At intervals of about one hundred feet, were erected detached and covered platforms, upon the outer side of the palisades, which, overlooking the summit of the wall, and the enclosure beyond, served as sentry boxes. Martyria or Andersonville Prison 2011-10-22T02:00:28.563Z The hollow trees, here, sentry boxes, and the lions in 'em, soldiers; the jackalls, courtiers; the crocodiles, fine women; and the baboons, beaus. Inkle and Yarico An opera, in three acts 2011-07-06T02:00:44.873Z The line consists of small forts and watch stations; the latter are merely a kind of sentry box raised on four posts, about fifty feet from the ground. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z One escaped; the other we captured and put in a sentry box, which we turned over on him. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z We passed by some round towers, that I thought must be sentry boxes, and then the terrace widened out, and again we walked past some very grand and gorgeous apartments. Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty 2011-05-30T02:00:18.047Z Yet there were some kind-hearted men here, in the degrading position of the sentry box, who viewed the scene with affright, and who wept bitterly over the awful torture and sacrifice of life. Martyria or Andersonville Prison 2011-10-22T02:00:28.563Z It has been alternately described as a sentry box, a bell and a papal vespasiano, as Romans call a urinal. Rome Journal: A Statue of Pope John Paul II Brings Out the Critic in Italians 2011-05-25T23:54:46Z All around this stockade, four feet from the top, there was a platform and railing for the guard to walk on, with sentry boxes about 240 feet apart. History of the Dewitt guard, company A, 50th regiment National guard, state of New York 2011-05-25T02:00:23.703Z Down the path to the sentry box, right about, and back again. On Guard Mark Mallory's Celebration 2011-05-15T02:00:09.877Z It had its sentries and sentry boxes; it was the scene of the changing of the guard, with drums and martial display; it was the playground of all the urchins of the town. Royal Highness 2011-05-05T02:00:22.363Z Some enthusiasts were wont to state that passing a night in a chalet, or those magnified sentry boxes called cabanes, constituted half the enjoyment on the expedition. Above the Snow Line 2011-03-03T03:00:49.380Z At the lower termination of the side aisles of the cathedral, stood dark mahogany confessionals, with blinds at the sides—reminding one of sentry boxes. The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 1 2011-02-02T03:00:22.253Z There is a hedge around the fence and a sentry box at the entrance of the enclosure. Napoleon's Young Neighbor 2011-01-24T03:00:18.637Z His disappearance was so mysterious that it was attributed to sea-devils, and the sentry box has ever since been given a wide berth by all superstitious natives. The Haunted Sentry Box of Porto Rico The sentry boxes, striped red and gold with the colours of Spain, were empty. The Firebrand Her first impulse was to turn and fly, or to conceal herself hastily in one of the odd little sentry boxes, which were evidently designed to preserve the incognito of the pawnbroker's indigent customers. Nancy of Paradise Cottage Across the "neutral ground," as the strip between the English and Spanish possessions is called, a line of sentry boxes extended, and red-coated British sentinels paced back and forth. A Trip to the Orient The Story of a Mediterranean Cruise Over the gateway there was a sentry box, floating the United States flag. Boys' Book of Frontier Fighters The only clue discovered in regard to his disappearance was the small gold cross, which constantly hung suspended from a chain around his neck, found before the door of the corner sentry box. The Haunted Sentry Box of Porto Rico We stopped for some time near the sentry box at the entrance, accustoming ourselves to the whirl and movement. Gold Hiding behind a sentry box he kept an eye on the doctor's house, but nothing out of the way happened. The Exploits of Juve Being the Second of the Series of the "Fantômas" Detective Tales Oh, the long nights on guard at the Ministry's door, the old sentry box which rains in, the frozen feet!… Letters from my Windmill Outside of the grating which formed one side of the shed, was a sentry box, in which two soldiers kept a continual watch. Hair Breadth Escapes Perilous incidents in the lives of sailors and travelers in Japan, Cuba, East Indies, etc., etc. It was at one of these gatherings, to which I was frequently drawn by a desire to hear the old man's ramblings, that I heard the story of the haunted sentry box. The Haunted Sentry Box of Porto Rico About him, as he well knew, the air was filled with silent radio waves that were sounding the alarm in every sentry box of the great city. The Finding of Haldgren The exterior resembles a sentry box, and is furnished on all sides with ventilating apertures through which a current of air passes. The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba Standing in open ground, it was a parallelogram of square pickets pointed at top, with bastions and sentry boxes at the angles, and enclosed over half an acre. Chronicles of Border Warfare or, a History of the Settlement by the Whites, of North-Western Virginia, and of the Indian Wars and Massacres in that section of the Indian Wars and Massacres in that section of the State Installed in a custom house official's sentry box, he stolidly set himself to pass the night with only his thoughts for company. A Nest of Spies He had been stationed on duty at the old sentry box with the accusation of ‘murder’ ringing in his ears. The Haunted Sentry Box of Porto Rico A sentinel standing silent and alone by his sentry box striped with the Prussian colours, black and white, marked where the road crossed the Prussian frontier. A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France In all the orchards, elevated crows’ nests or sentry boxes are set up, specially intended for watching the bears; and at this season many of them are killed in the act of robbing. Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt In this interim I had got behind a sentry box, in the square, and the soldiers went past me. A Journal of a Young Man of Massachusetts, 2nd ed. Late A Surgeon On Board An American Privateer, Who Was Captured At Sea By The British, In May, Eighteen Hundred And Thirteen, And Was Confined First, At Melville Island, Halifax, Then At Chatham, In England ... And Last, At Dartmoor Prison. Interspersed With Observations, Anecdotes And Remarks, Tending To Illustrate The Moral And Political Characters Of Three Nations. To Which Is Added, A Correct Engraving Of Dartmoor Prison, Representing The Massacre Of American Prisoners, Written By Himself. There was but one recognized entrance, the big double gates with a sentry box beside them, at which box or within it, according to the weather, stood a sentry, night and day. The Backwash of War The Human Wreckage of the Battlefield as Witnessed by an American Hospital Nurse Next he laid his firearms on the little bench which ran around the sentry box, threw the body over the wall, and lowered himself down carefully after it. The Haunted Sentry Box of Porto Rico The roofs of the building were bordered with parapets, guard walks, and sentry boxes. The Boy Crusaders A Story of the Days of Louis IX. A sentry box or lookout was sometimes put at the top of the roof. Heroes of the Middle West The French In the centre of the building was a large arched doorway, with a sentry box on each side. Rollo in Scotland Most of the huts have no upper storey and some are no bigger than half a dozen sentry boxes knocked into one. Castellinaria and Other Sicilian Diversions He heard the stories of the haunted sentry box and was pleased that his disappearance had been so explained. The Haunted Sentry Box of Porto Rico We constructed about the premises a plank fence twelve feet high, with balcony and sentry boxes on top, leaving no good chance for communication between prisoners and guards. Between the Lines Secret Service Stories Told Fifty Years After It was that of a sentinel in his sentry box, at the gate of the city. Rollo in Naples At each of these sentry boxes stood a soldier on guard. Rollo in Scotland The brass doorknobs and the name-plate shone like gold, and the iron railings of the stoops were finished with quite pretentious newels, that the children called sentry boxes. A Little Girl of Long Ago It was not until years later when the world had nearly banished all thought of the sentry box episode that Delvarez, now an old man, again saw his bitter enemy. The Haunted Sentry Box of Porto Rico There was a sentry box on each side of the gates, and soldiers, with bayonets fixed, guarding the entrance. Rollo in Paris He threw a broomstick, at twelve yards distance, through a hole in the sentry box, of but little larger diameter; and a lath, cast at thirty yards, pierced a hat through and through. The History of Tasmania , Volume II In a great high white wall is an elegant gate of delicately wrought ironwork, with the usual striped sentry boxes on either side. The Minister of Evil The Secret History of Rasputin's Betrayal of Russia G.A.R.—Yes, but is was a more common sight to see a sentry box. The New Pun Book The gray-coated guardian of the peace blinked at him from his sentry box. Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes The gateway was very wide, and it had sentry boxes on each side of it. Rollo in Paris The two men on guard were evidently of the same opinion, for they turned to their sentry boxes and began to put on their overcoats, after standing their muskets inside. The Ocean Cat's Paw The Story of a Strange Cruise “But what for I dunno,” muttered Tom, “unless it’s for a sentry box.” The Black Bar Inside the gate was a red, blue, and white sentry box. A Soldier of the Legion One day back to Paris, one day to get back to his sentry box in the First Zone of the Armies. Civilization Tales of the Orient A soldier, with his bayonet fixed, was standing in front of each sentry box. Rollo in Paris Besides, I think it likely that they will be standing in their sentry boxes, in such a rain as this; and I feel confident that we shall get across without being seen. With Frederick the Great A Story of the Seven Years' War "Oh, Nory, see the monkeys," cried the little boy, "they are down near the sentry box, and one of them is carrying off a piece of bread." The Empire Annual for Girls, 1911 Between them were stone watchtowers, used as sentry boxes; while at every fourth mile there was a stone fort, covering several acres and occupied by a large body of troops. The Leading Facts of English History He could not report to his Colonel again, and say, "Give me back my sentry box—let me serve my country—that fifth child is not mine!" Civilization Tales of the Orient This Warrant Officer was eventually discovered asleep in an old sentry box, with his false teeth clenched in his hand. The Fifth Leicestershire A Record Of The 1/5th Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment, T.F., During The War, 1914-1919. On the loftiest point of Cape Diamond Carleton erected a mast, thirty feet high, with a sentry box at its top. A Canadian Manor and Its Seigneurs The Story of a Hundred Years, 1761-1861 Here, beneath a little bridge with a black and white striped sentry box upon it, its muddy banks partitioned with rotten planks into goose-pens, runs that feeble stream which separates Russia from Germany. The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915 The guardians of the peace at that date were infirm old men, who spent their time dozing in sentry boxes, and had neither the strength nor energy to be of service in any emergency. The Leading Facts of English History He was shut off from communication with his wife and family, isolated in a little hut standing by the roadside, his sentry box. Civilization Tales of the Orient In the corner of nearly every garden I observed a small building like a sentry box. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life The pointsman lay asleep near his sentry box, and the sun was blazing full on his face. The Chorus Girl and Other Stories A small sentry box labelled "office," and inscribed with glowing eulogiums, occupied a strategic position near the gates. The Rules of the Game The officer with a gesture of disgust threw away his cigar, but no sooner was his back turned than Pat picked it up and quietly retired to the sentry box. Toaster's Handbook Jokes, Stories, and Quotations A soldier stepped from the sentry box and challenged them. The Mad King In a panic he ran round the corner to get Leary's outside man, who stands in a little sentry box at the front angle of the store and sells the outdoor books. The Haunted Bookshop Better carry him out, and shove him in that little sentry box of his. The Mystery of the Four Fingers He found also two little sentry boxes high up on the wall. Buried Cities, Volume 3 Mycenae There were the walls with their glacis, their sentry boxes, their cannon; there were the gates, the river, the cathedral and the surrounding quarters—all of them very attractive to us. Youth and Egolatry The soldier approached, raising a lantern, which he had brought from the sentry box, and inspected the captain's face. The Mad King Sentinels slouched and dawdled up and down before the little painted sentry boxes under the great gate. In the Quarter There, too, the Chapel of purplish stone, and at one side of it the sentry box and bench, and what seemed the identical detail of Varangians on duty. The Prince of India — Volume 01 It was past noon when Jimsy, who had taken an observation between two rocks, which acted as a bullet-proof sentry box, announced that the forces of the outlaws seemed to be massing. The Girl Aviators on Golden Wings Then out from a sentry box came the captain's orderly, who seemed much astonished. Our Pilots in the Air The guards went into the sentry boxes and set down the heavy rifles. When Egypt Went Broke One day, passing Buckingham Palace, I came on a footguard on duty in one of the little sentry boxes just outside the walls. Europe Revised They have picturesque gates and drawbridges, portcullises and demilunes, quaint old sentry boxes projecting into the sea, frowning battlements, and all that; but most of their cannon date back from the last century. Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom An ancient watchman was dozing in a sort of sentry box, but he did not wake. Cap'n Warren's Wards How the dickens could it be found in a sentry box? The Green Mummy The little objects looking like sentry boxes that go all round the church contain rough modern frescoes, representing, if I remember rightly, the events attendant upon the Crucifixion. Alps and Sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino We will get a magnificent view of the governor's house, two striped sentry boxes, three gendarmes, and not a single dog! Virgin Soil Upon the lowermost wall, directly overhanging the sea, is a dome-shaped sentry box of stone, flanked by antiquated cannon. Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom Sulaco National Bank there, with the sentry boxes each side of the gate. Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard He was puzzled to think who had left the packet in the sentry box, and curious to know what it contained. The Green Mummy Yes, in a room about the size of a sentry box. We Two, a novel In a corner stood a wooden cabinet that resembled a sentry box on wheels. Vera, the Medium On the tops of the hills, at intervals of 200 yards, was a circle of small houses that looked like sentry boxes. Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom This I did by distributing twenty-five English sovereigns among various officials, beginning with the acting-governor and ending with a drunken black sweep who sat in a kind of sentry box on the quay. Marie An Episode in The Life of the late Allan Quatermain Yes, I took the emerald after dark and threw it into the sentry box when the man wasn't looking. The Green Mummy He stepped back into the sentry box and spoke through a telephone. Kingdom of the Blind If they can project a spirit from that sentry box, it will be a miracle. Vera, the Medium The bridge, not twenty yards across, has a toll bar at each end, two sentry boxes and two sentries. Russia in 1919 Grimaud had made himself a kind of sentry box out of a hollow willow, and as they drew near he put his head out and gave a low whistle. Twenty Years After "Please, sir, I found this in my sentry box," he said, saluting. The Green Mummy The person who had brought the glorious gem had watched his opportunity, and, soft-footed as a cat, had stolen forward in the darkness to drop the precious parcel on the floor of the sentry box. The Green Mummy On the Russian side the bar was the familiar black and white of the old Russian Empire, with a sentry box to match. Russia in 1919 |
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