How to Use praetorian in a Sentence

praetorian

adjective

• Putin has a series of failsafe defenses, the equivalent of praetorian guards.
  — Melik Kaylan, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
• His Upper West Side neighbors protect the famously press-averse 88-year-old author like a Praetorian guard.
  — John Lopez, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025
• With a twist of his hand, Hiddleston takes the audience back in time to meet Avianius, a teenage bronzesmith apprentice, Julia Felix, a bathhouse owner, and an unnamed Praetorian guard.
  — Addie Morfoot, Variety, 22 July 2026
• The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was founded as a sort of praetorian guard, intended to be only a few thousand strong, meant to safeguard the Islamic revolution.
  — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 28 Mar. 2026
• Hiddleston relies on professors, scholars, archaeologists and psychologists to piece together what happened to a teenage blacksmith apprentice, a businesswoman/bathhouse proprietor and an unidentified Praetorian guard.
  — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 2026