guard
verb (used with object)
to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over.
has been guarding
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present perfect progressiveof guard (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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The titular bounty hunter—essentially a super-soldier—has graduated to the big screen along with “the child” he has been guarding from the Galactic Empire.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
Still, Tomes, who has been guarding portfolios against a rise in the dollar since the second half of 2021, is not taking those hedges off just yet.
From Reuters ● Feb. 3, 2022
George, who missed most of last season with a broken leg, has been guarding opposing power forwards, but was shifted to the small forward slot to defend James.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 8, 2015
Oliynyk, who says he has been guarding Mezhyhirya since that day, blames fellow activists for looting the residence.
From Slate ● Oct. 23, 2014
I have been an exile and a wanderer many years, or I might perhaps have learned sooner what a blessing Heaven has been guarding for my sad and lonely heart.
From Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author by Caroline Lee Hentz
