guard
verb (used with object)
to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over.
have been guarding
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present perfect progressiveof guard.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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Veterans, who have provided security at student protests throughout the movement, have been guarding her day and night, while other tents have sprung up nearby.
From Barron's ● Nov. 17, 2025
Volunteers and Wisconsin natural resources officials have been guarding spawning sturgeon from poachers on the Wolf River for 30 years.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 22, 2024
Paramilitary troops have been guarding site of the arson attacks, a Christian settlement in Jaranwala in Faisalabad industrial district, which also includes the historical Salvation Army Church and Saint Paul Catholic Church.
From Reuters ● Aug. 18, 2023
Jorge Rios, 28, and his cousins have been guarding their family property in Mexico since early this week when the first cascades of migrants washed over this small town.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 19, 2021
Since these aviators have been guarding Paris, the Germans have given up sending their machines over that city.
From A Journey Through France in War Time by Joseph G. (Joseph Green) Butler
