Example Sentences

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The Mexican immigration agents who had guarded the group on their three-day trip from the border said their charges, still dressed in the prison garb of detainees, were now free to go.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026

Constantinople’s defensive walls, which had guarded the city since the fifth century,

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

After the final buzzer, tempers briefly flared after Youngtown State’s Dwyane Cohill, who had guarded Davis for much of the game, appeared to say something to the two-time conference player of the year.

From Washington Post • Mar. 2, 2023

Moments later, the officers armed with rifles and the officers who had guarded the door reemerged from the staircase behind where Babbitt had fallen, according to other video posted online.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 8, 2021

Shukra seemed even more dangerous than the dogs that had guarded the entrance to the Kingdom of Death.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi