Definition: 1. A person who keeps watch over something or someone. 2. The person who plays that position on a football team. 3. A device designed to prevent injury. 4. To keep watch over. 5. Watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect.
Use 'guard' in a sentence:
1. The U.S. Coast Guard says it rescued more than 100 Haitian refugees.
2. Officials used guard dogs to eject the protesters.
3. They gave the news a guarded welcome.
4. You should be more guarded in what you say to reporters.
5. The President always travels with an armed guard.
6. The city had arranged for the National Guard to be brought in.
7. The terrorist was kept under police guard.
8. The guards were ordered not to leave their posts.
9. You can't get in; the whole place is guarded.
10. He was caught trying to impersonate a security guard.
11. Security cameras have been installed to guard against poachers.
12. Three men were arrested and one was under guard in a hospital.
13. The guard clanked his heavy ring of keys.
14. The guards were ordered to shoot on sight anyone trying to escape.
15. The escaped prisoner was brought back under armed guard.
16. One of the men kept guard, while the other broke into the house.
17. The Coast Guard had given up all hope of finding the two divers alive.
18. Guards have been posted along the border.
19. He throttled the guard with his bare hands.
20. The call-up of National Guard and reserve units began in late August.
21. Fellow airmen provided a guard of honour at his wedding.
22. The males guard their mates zealously.
23. He started work as a security guard.
24. Four soldiers stood guard over the coffin.
25. The Coast Guard needs to decipher garbled messages in a few minutes.
26. Ensure the guard is in place before operating the machine.
27. On the platform, the guard blew his whistle.
28. They'd slipped some money to the guards.
29. In spite of the awkward questions the minister never let his guard fall for a moment.
30. The gang tied up a security guard.
31. We have a security guard around the whole area.
32. He was upgraded to security guard.
33. They got in disguised as security guards.
34. They had to think of a trick to get past the guards.
35. That uniform makes the guards look absurd.
36. An overzealous security guard checked inside the baby's bottle.
37. They complained of rough handling by the guards.
38. The recipe for their drink is a closely guarded trade secret.
39. The prisoners tried to barter with the guards for items like writing paper and books.
40. Thieves doped a guard dog and stole$ 10 000 worth of goods.
41. He managed to trick his way past the security guards.
42. Police were on guard at Barnet town hall.
43. The location of the ship is a closely guarded secret.
44. A guard zapped him with the stun gun.
45. He escaped by passing himself off as a guard.
46. You can't let your guard down.
47. I showed my pass to the security guard and he waved me through.
48. A guard was posted outside the building.
49. The guard fired four shots in rapid succession.
50. The police have questioned him thoroughly, and he'll be on his guard.
51. The lawyer's apparently innocent question was designed to catch the witness off guard.
52. He was arrested by guards at the border crossing.
53. The sudden appearance of a security guard caused them to drop the money and run.
54. He spent part of the war in the National Guard.
55. Security guards make regular patrols at night.
