guard
verb (used with object)
to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over.
had guarded
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past perfectof guard.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Constantinople’s defensive walls, which had guarded the city since the fifth century,
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
These officers began evacuating the officers who had guarded the door down the stairs.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 8, 2021
Madison, doing what she does best, had guarded her owners’ property the entire time, waiting patiently for them to return home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2018
Based in Western Baghdad, its soldiers had guarded convoys and bases, secured elections, and shielded the Abu Ghraib prison.
From Slate ● Sep. 7, 2016
If Snape had been in on protecting the Stone, it must have been easy to find out how the other teachers had guarded it.
From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling
