Guarded

Examples

• The perpetual allotment and destination of this fund, indeed, is not always guarded by any positive law, by any trust-right or deed of mortmain. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• All these things must be guarded against or a great loss to the owner is probable. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• I was guarded in my answer, for I was troubled in my mind with what I had heard and seen. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Although they spoke to each other in guarded tones, their words were pronounced with sufficient distinctness of utterance to reach my ears. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• You was a saying-- How are you to be guarded from the danger you have incurred? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Our lines covered his front, with the six miles separating the two wings guarded by but a single division. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The apartments were restored to their pristine splendour, and the park, all disrepairs restored, was guarded with unusual care. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Again, the dreaded Sunday comes round, and I file into the old pew first, like a guarded captive brought to a condemned service. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• You've guarded them once already. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• The tip was guarded by a disk of cork which we found beside his body, said the Inspector. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Every foot of road had to be guarded by troops stationed at convenient distances apart. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• You cannot imagine with what fierceness she guarded her. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Young women should always be properly guarded and attended, according to their situation in life. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• The evidence of Malvoisin was skilfully guarded. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• I was quiet, but I forgot to be guarded sometimes. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• They are well guarded. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Burnside still guarded Ox Ford from the north side. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Both ladies were quietly scanned by Dr. Bretton, at the moment of taking his seat at the table; and that guarded survey was more than once renewed. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• She must be well brought up, and well guarded from reposing any foolish confidences where they are not deserved. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• But it seemed to be little better guarded. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• For a moment he was silent; and then added, in a tone much more guarded and demure, Yes, Frank came over this morning, just to ask us how we did. Jane Austen. Emma.
• While this dialogue was proceeding, Cedric was endeavouring to wring out of those who guarded him an avowal of their character and purpose. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Mobile was important to the enemy, and in the absence of a threatening force was guarded by little else than artillery. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I discovered the bottle, carefully guarded by a glass stopper tied over with leather. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Stepping backwards, facing the foe as he went, he guarded his prey to the counting-house. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• You are strongly guarded and a quadruple force patrols the sky. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Thus a man in a strong prison well-guarded, without the least means of escape, trembles at the thought of the rack, to which he is sentenced. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• You remark that he is well guarded,' she pursued. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• There you shall live a happy, and guarded, and most innocent life. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• But to be guarded at such a time is very difficult. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.

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