How to Use guarded in a Sentence

guarded

adjective

• Even though she's lived her life in the spotlight, Jenner has been a guarded celebrity.
  — Rebecca Farley, refinery29.com, 12 Mar. 2018
• But both the move’s timing and less guarded rhetoric belie that story.
  — Robert Schlesinger, The New Republic, 22 Apr. 2022
• In an interview, Lee was more guarded and cautious than the younger set of activists.
  — Timothy McLaughlin, Wired, 17 Sep. 2020
• I am saddened to report that one of those girls passed away, and the other is in guarded condition.
  — Laura Beck, Cosmopolitan, 4 Sep. 2016
• People tend to be a bit more guarded at work, sharing less of their personal lives.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2021
• The man was taken to a hospital and was in guarded condition.
  — Fox News, 28 Mar. 2018
• People in town are more guarded now, Smith said, and there’s still a long way to go before things feel entirely safe again.
  — Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 5 June 2022
• The old kitchens are so guarded and competitive and toxic.
  — Sarah Burchard, Forbes, 11 Nov. 2021
• The players’ side features a more guarded sense of optimism.
  — Mike Jones, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2020
• Aldridge is a fiercely private and guarded man, who always preferred to let his play speak for itself.
  — Joe Freeman, oregonlive, 15 Apr. 2021
• The city Department of Licenses and Inspections has shown what could be called guarded interest in the idea in the past.
  — Stephan Salisbury, Philly.com, 27 Feb. 2018
• This is an insular and guarded world, even more so when threatened by outsiders determined to see the worst.
  — Gentry Estes, The Courier-Journal, 13 June 2019
• In New England, meanwhile, players are a bit guarded with their remarks.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Nov. 2021
• Her dress is more casual and her manner less guarded than during the campaign.
  — Susan Page, USA TODAY, 11 Sep. 2017
• There’s a lot about this that seems suspect, right up to and including the very idea that someone would leak the plot of what is one of the most guarded movies in production right now on Reddit.
  — Graeme McMillan, WIRED, 21 May 2018
• Clarice, by contrast, is made to look smaller, more guarded, less confident.
  — Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 25 Feb. 2021
• Saudi Aramco employs a number of U.S. citizens, some of whom live in guarded compounds in the kingdom near the site.
  — NBC News, 14 Sep. 2019
• Migrants have recently turned to Bosnia to avoid more heavy guarded routes and borders in other Balkan countries.
  — Fox News, 17 May 2018
• Saudi Aramco employs a number of U.S. citizens, some of whom live in guarded compounds near the site.
  — Jon Gambrell, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Sep. 2019
• One was listed in guarded condition, while the others were stable.
  — Richard A. Webster, NOLA.com, 28 July 2017
• It’s because of these tendencies that Burgess-Olsen thinks of the future of Discwoman, and the future of nightlife in general, as a much more guarded place.
  — Rachel Hahn, Rolling Stone, 9 Mar. 2021
• While this all sounds unpleasant, there are a few reasons for guarded optimism.
  — Nathaniel Taplin, WSJ, 14 Sep. 2017
• As Abel, Alejandro Guevarez makes the guarded man compelling.
  — Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 6 Sep. 2019
• The sections dealing with Hirono’s political rise in Hawaii and her time in Congress are more guarded and less compelling.
  — Washington Post, 19 May 2021
• Pederson said the Eagles will remain guarded, but there does not appear to be reason for concern.
  — Zach Berman, https://www.inquirer.com, 5 June 2019
• The exact size and nature of the agency’s presence in Afghanistan are closely guarded secrets, and details about the militia groups the C.I.A. advises are also murky.
  — New York Times, 2 Sep. 2019
• That same morning, a 90-minute drive away, men in hoods entered a guarded compound and stole a speedboat that had been confiscated and held in evidence, along with a truck to pull it.
  — Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2018
• That's one of my favorite scenes of the season because Darla still seems so guarded, even though the Bordelons are more welcoming toward her.
  — Julie Kosin, Harper's BAZAAR, 2 Aug. 2017
• After years of inaction, the city is finally giving us cause for a guarded sense of optimism.
  — Mike Newall, Philly.com, 2 May 2018
• Macron’s plan has received a guarded response in Germany and was put on ice by almost six months of post-election stalemate in Berlin, which ended with Merkel’s swearing-in last week.
  — Helene Fouquet, Bloomberg.com, 21 Mar. 2018

Last Updated: 6 Sep 2024