guarded
Example Sentences
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The Apple of the second Jobs era was much more tightly guarded than in the wild early days, and many of the main characters still work in the industry, including at Apple.
But a man guarded the doors; he was so big I’d never be able to pass him.
From Literature
The hospital was guarded by Sri Lankan police and naval personnel, as workers unloaded bodies away from view.
From Los Angeles Times
Once regimes understand that their most guarded moment—the moment after power breaks—can be observed and interrupted, they govern more cautiously, more suspiciously, more slowly.
Phillipson announced a local child safeguarding practice review in December to "learn every lesson we can to make sure that crimes like this are guarded against at every step and every stage".
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
