Definition: 1. Intended or adapted to afford protection of some kind. 2. Showing a care. 3. (usually followed by 'of') solicitously caring or mindful.
Use 'protective' in a sentence:
1. Wear protective clothing.
2. He wore special protective clothing.
3. The smart biker also wears boots, gauntlets, and protective clothing.
4. He is very protective towards his mother.
5. The research found moderate drinking has a strong protective effect.
6. In the protective system, enzymatic system is an important part.
7. She is proud that several sculptures have even gone on display again, albeit sometimes beneath protective cases.
8. Fearing competition from stores that rent video games for home use, owners of stores that sell video games lobbied for protective legislation.
9. With protective gear on you can spar with a partner.
10. Effective protective measures are discussed against this new problem to improve the service life of pipelines.
11. She had been fiercely protective towards him as a teenager.
12. "Usually at my insistence," says Josh, who has always been protective of his little brother.
13. In this situation, protective lying can mean greater safety.
14. It pays to invest in protective clothing.
15. The boat, coming in too close, jarred against the protective edging of the harbour wall.
16. He is very protective toward his mother.
17. Recent studies show that they may be badly designed that protective services are inadequate and their equipments is poorly maintained.
18. Donghai island provides a protective screen for Guangzhou bay.
19. Parents, particularly those with young children, may teach their children to use this type of "protective" lie in certain circumstances.
20. Studies have suggested that being slightly overweight can be protective.
21. Glynis was beside her, putting a protective arm around her shoulders.
22. Environmentalists regard these moves as the government taking advantage of the national mood to roll back protective measures.
23. Hands, foods and utensilscan carry individual bacteria living in communities contained within a protective film.
24. The doctors and nurses there became brave warriors in masks, glasses and protective suits.
25. It's admirable to be protective of our kids, but is it good?
26. It wraps itself in this nice protective blanket and goes to sleep.
27. The bandy is small but deadly and in an area where people work in an open sandals or even on barefoot, there are few protective measures.
28. The young man, reportedly from northeast China, had to work 12 hours every day, changing his protective suit three times a day.
29. As the structural nature of public health problems becomes harder to ignore, the complaint about over protective government loses potency.
30. But an array of countries are rushing to assert greater influence here, with an eye not just towards the day those protective treaties expire, but also for the strategic and commercial that already exist.
31. They might be doing me a good turn if they took me into protective custody.
32. Barrett was taken into protective custody.
33. It is obligatory for all employees to wear protective clothing.
34. The birch tree has white bark, and this tough protective outer layer of the tree, this white bark, is waterproof.
35. Sensitive Cream will not strip away the skin's protective layer.
36. The original plan was to encase a small amount of a radioactive substance in a protective steel container.
37. Chemicals form a protective layer that resists both oil and water-based stains.
38. Having that sort of curiosity is almost like a protective gear from getting into boredom.
39. He put a protective arm around her shoulders.
40. Workers should wear full protective clothing.
41. Ozone forms a protective layer between 12 and 30 miles above the Earth's surface.
42. Can't you get it into your head that it is dangerous to ride a motorbike without wearing protective clothing?
43. A good and protective pair of trainers is essential.
44. A mother naturally feels protective towards her children.
45. Protective measures are necessary if the city's monuments are to be preserved.
46. Varnish is the glossy protective layer applied to wooden furniture and other surfaces.
47. The arrogance became his protective carapace.
48. Protective gloves reduce the absorption of chemicals through the skin.
49. Monkeys do not have any kind of protective armour and use their brains to solve problems.
50. He was extremely protective of his role as advisor.
