How to Use guard in a Sentence

guard

1 of 2 noun

• The guard must be in place before operating the meat slicer.
• There were dozens of police officers standing guard along the parade route.
• Tourists gather every day to watch the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace.
• The quick bark caught him off guard.
  — Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
• Let your guard down and loosen up a bit.
  — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 26 Mar. 2026
• Let your guard down and loosen up a bit!
  — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 12 Sep. 2025
• Ioane was the clear top of the guard class.
  — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 24 Apr. 2026
• Their guards just backed us down on the post.
  — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 10 Jan. 2026
• Let your guard down and loosen up a bit.
  — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 16 Apr. 2026
• The guard was pulled from the area by his team.
  — Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2026
• The guards came and got me from my cell and walked me out.
  — Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
• All that said, there’s a lot to like about the guard play.
  — Cj Moore, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
• Clear them out or install guards.
  — Ryan Brennan april 30, Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2026
• The young guard is more of a face-up player.
  — Tony East, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
• This major change caught them off guard.
  — Ross Guidotti, CBS News, 17 June 2026
• Meanwhile, a friend might catch you off guard.
  — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2025
• Calipari’s best teams have elite guard play.
  — Cj Moore, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
• The big twist was something that caught me off guard.
  — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
• Khaled learned of the ceasefire deal from some guards.
  — Mosab Abu Toha, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
• Love this shtick or loathe this shtick, you are no longer caught off guard by this shtick.
  — Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
• On the third night, the guards come for Lydia.
  — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 29 Apr. 2026
• The guards leave the keys in the door and disappear.
  — Carmen Maria MacHado, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2025
• Then pulled me down a hall and past three large locked doors where four guards awaited.
  — Jeremy O. Harris, Vanity Fair, 1 Apr. 2026
• The fifth round feels like a good time to jump at a young guard or center prospect.
  — Mike Kaye april 22, Charlotte Observer, 22 Apr. 2026
• The steel blades and guards detach as well for easy cleaning.
  — Amanda Ogle, Southern Living, 28 Nov. 2023
• The reach-in cooler was missing a fan guard.
  — Sarah Linn, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2025
• Episodes of vertigo would catch me off guard.
  — Melissa Gonzalez, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
• Blue was a four-star guard out of high school in 2024.
  — Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
• Those Swiss guards would take that halberd and just take you down.
  — Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026
• John reached for the hand of Carolyn; she was caught off guard.
  — Emma Banks, InStyle, 5 Mar. 2026

guard

2 of 2 verb

• A tank guarded the bridge from enemy attack.
• A police officer was stationed outside to guard the door.
• Two policemen were assigned to guard the prisoner.
• Her whereabouts are a tightly guarded secret.
• They jealously guard their secrets.
• Both of them can pretty much guard one through five.
  — Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 3 Feb. 2026
• Males guard the eggs and newborn frogs, called neonates.
  — Ana V. Longo, The Conversation, 24 June 2026
• For decades, the model was to set aside land and guard it.
  — Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
• But on the flip side, that guy has to come out of the paint to guard him.
  — Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
• Both guys were on the move and being guarded.
  — Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 May 2026
• So the plan would be to force those bigs to guard out on the floor on islands.
  — Cj Moore, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
• He’s guarded some of the best players in the league.
  — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 18 Feb. 2026
• Anything less than that often leads to a move to guard.
  — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 23 Feb. 2026
• Smith went back to guard in his second season and found a home.
  — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas Morning News, 5 Jan. 2026
• That is called the fox guarding the henhouse.
  — Elizabeth Zavala, San Antonio Express-News, 31 Jan. 2026
• That is called the fox guarding the henhouse.
  — A.o. Scott, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
• This isn’t the fox guarding the henhouse.
  — Noah Feldman, Mercury News, 9 June 2026
• The fox is guarding the henhouse!
  — Terry Savage, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
• We get guarded the same sometimes.
  — Grant Afseth, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Aug. 2025
• He was reserved, a bit guarded.
  — Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 18 May 2026
• Winners guard their focus like gold.
  — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
• The fox is still guarding the henhouse, but at least now the hens can sue.
  — Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2026
• On offense, Green Bay couldn’t guard him.
  — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 4 Nov. 2025
• To be a neighbor is to guard it, as Renee showed me.
  — Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026
• Gilgeous-Alexander also tends to guard who guards him.
  — Law Murray, New York Times, 22 May 2026
• Not even Wembanyama could guard it this time.
  — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 5 Apr. 2026
• What's great about the character is she is not guarded by rules.
  — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 21 June 2023
• Since then, her return to the floor has been closely guarded.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2025
• Patrol cars guarded the entrance—and there was no way to get near the prison.
  — Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 7 Jan. 2026
• Whomever the safeties were guarding.
  — Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025