guardedness
Example Sentences
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Thereafter, he became a self-described “crony and confidant,” despite McMurtry’s guardedness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
Among family, the pressure to conform activates his guardedness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2025
His warmth offsets Ridley’s performance of Fran’s awkward guardedness, and Robert’s persistence helps to crack her open — an uncomfortable but ultimately necessary process.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 31, 2024
For all this guardedness, and all the “aloneness” she poured into “Death in Her Hands,” Moshfegh isn’t alone anymore.
From New York Times ● Apr. 16, 2020
All the guardedness, all the suspicions between me and Ruth evaporated, and we seemed to remember everything we’d once meant to each other.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
