have been guarding
- present perfect progressive of guard.
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
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
Aine Davis is believed to have been guarding foreign prisoners in Syria.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2015
I thought you would have been guarding the Marys and Mauds of London from the Zepps.
From The Kangaroo Marines by Campbell, R. W.
