What is "patroled"

Usage examples of "patroled".

Every building's entrance seemed to be locked and patroled by security guards and vigilantes with torches and guns.

More awake, actually, for the guards mused dreamily about mead, boiled beets, and captive women as their eyes patroled the forested horizon, while the king was as conscious as an unsheathed knife.

For nearly five minutes, the swarm patroled the space between the telephone booth and the boutique, then it flew off into the spreading bruise of dusk.

A time of potential danger when it would be comforting to be behind thick walls patroled by trusted guards.

To lands of make-believe inhabited by deliciously frightening monsters and patroled by true and loyal guards.

Two warships, their square-cut sails turned dirty gray by the long usage of wind and rain, patroled far offshore.

After all, he had made me sail for a week through waters patroled by the rebel navy, but later I heard rumors that Don Bias had gone ashore to meet those rebels.

Guards stood at all the entrances and patroled the roadways and lanes.

He tried listening for those who patroled without, but the effort proved futile.