guarded
Example Sentences
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The FBI’s involvement in the Jan. 22 operation was intended to be a closely guarded secret, a U.S. official said.
The U.S. has begun transferring thousands of detainees from prisons scattered across northeast Syria, which have been guarded by the SDF since the defeat of the terror group’s caliphate in 2019, to Iraq.
Windows and doors that normally opened out onto an exterior walkway were boarded up, but the walkway itself was protected by the building’s flat roof and guarded by a metal railing.
From Literature
When they are careful, they are too guarded and aren’t to be trusted.
From Salon
The families then guarded the bodies for several hours on the ground in the hospital courtyard to prevent them from being taken away until they could find private ambulances to transport them, the source said.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
