Protecting

Examples

• All this was arranged so as to afford those inside a good view of the attack, while protecting them in a great measure from the fire of the stormers. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• It has ball-bearing type bar joints, giving accurate alignment and light key action, the platen rolls to show the work, and the carriage locks at the end of the line, protecting the writing. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The aim of civic efficiency has at least the merit of protecting us from the notion of a training of mental power at large. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Leucodore, clione and other borers, parasitic or domiciliary worms work into the shell, and instinctively the protecting nacreous fluid envelops the intruder. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• What a light, now, on the protecting manner I had thought about! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• He was very much occupied perfecting new commercial schemes, protecting his patents from a horde of pirates, and planning to introduce his invention into Europe. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Bella hung her head and seemed to shrink a little from Mr Boffin's protecting arm. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• He still held me in the same protecting manner and with the same bright goodness in his face. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I saw his face, and heard his voice, and felt the influence of his kind protecting manner in every line. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I am sure the service Mr. Frank Churchill had rendered you, in protecting you from the gipsies, was spoken of. Jane Austen. Emma.
• There are enough of outlaws in this forest to resent my protecting the deer. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Don't think of avenging me; think only of hushing the story and protecting her. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Dry swamp moss, such as nurserymen use for packing trees and plants, would be one of the very best substances for protecting the ice, if only a foot thick. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• But if you are actuated by the benevolent intention of protecting me from Bertha--I don't think I need your protection. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• In Figure 127 the protecting case is removed, in order that the form of the turbine and the positions of the nozzles may be visible. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.

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