guard
verb (used with object)
to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over.
guarding
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present participleof guard.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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What Telluride had been guarding so carefully was “You Can See Everything,” a nearly three-hour documentary about convicted Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, co-directed by Fielder and documentary filmmaker Lance Oppenheim.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
After repeatedly warning of the rivers’ endangerment, however, Mr. Winder concludes with only the briefest summary of the projects currently aimed at guarding against the dire outcomes he foresees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Much of the overtime money the department spent went instead toward preparing for unrest, monitoring protests and vigils, guarding hotels housing federal agents, and managing the public response to federal violence.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
The findings, published in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, reveal that parental guarding behavior has appeared, disappeared, and evolved again multiple times over the group's evolutionary history.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
“Yeah, him too. But they were talking about Herodotus saying there were giant ants and gryphons guarding gold mines, and how he made this stuff up.”
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
