How to Use unguarded in a Sentence

unguarded

adjective

• I let the secret about the surprise party spill out in an unguarded moment.
• The door to his cell was left unlocked that night and the jail unguarded.
  — Xander Peters, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 July 2022
• Rondo found an unguarded Davis cutting from the top of the key to the left wing and threw him the ball.
  — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 21 Sep. 2020
• A few of the displaced might head for the open, unguarded spaces of Libya.
  — The Economist, 6 July 2019
• For one, who decided to leave open the unguarded routes to the gate?
  — Mirzahussain Sadid, ProPublica, 5 Apr. 2022
• As a team, on unguarded threes the Cavs were only 7-for-28.
  — Bill Livingston, cleveland.com, 17 Apr. 2018
• Pelé shot towards the unguarded goal—but scuffed his kick and missed.
  — The Economist, 7 June 2018
• After the snap, though, Mitchell stayed in the box, and Ellis ran unguarded down the sideline.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 21 Nov. 2020
• Left unguarded low in the left wing circle, Patrik Laine snapped home the 1-0 lead.
  — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Jan. 2020
• Bartosik was left unguarded and yelled for Polack to change the play.
  — cleveland, 17 Nov. 2019
• With Devers by the mound, Cruz saw an unguarded bag and took off for third.
  — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Apr. 2023
• Of the four drownings this year, three were after lifeguards left for the evening, and the other was in an unguarded area.
  — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2022
• The Cavs, too concerned to get out to the perimeter and defend the 3-pointer, were caught time and again out of place with an unguarded rim.
  — Joe Vardon, cleveland.com, 1 June 2017
• Loud, unguarded sobs that made her face flush and her shoulders heave.
  — Laila Lalami, latimes.com, 3 July 2019
• Then, of course, finding unguarded moments with him was the goal.
  — Lauren Puckett, Town & Country, 4 Apr. 2021
• There are lots of shots of Jim Henson and Frank Oz in unguarded moments, in both color and black-and-white.
  — Christopher Bonanos, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2021
• At least two days a week, Bacalao’s unit would go unguarded.
  — New York Times, 12 Jan. 2022
• The free throw is supposed to be an easy point after a foul: a direct, unguarded shot 15 feet from the backboard.
  — John Yoon, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2023
• The first is leaving out of the city port, where a few ships successfully slip out of the unguarded inlet.
  — Cody Cassidy, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 June 2023
• When the Cavs left him unguarded on the perimeter, Durant hit 3-pointers.
  — Janie McCauley, courant.com, 2 June 2017
• In May, a 15-year-old boy drowned at Sandy Hook Beach, an unguarded area where swimming is not allowed.
  — Paulina Villegas, Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2023
• This unguarded track surfs along with its heart on its sleeve, plus a languid saxophone and a few great turns of phrase.
  — Nate Jones, Vulture, 20 May 2024
• This unguarded track surfs along with its heart on its sleeve, plus a languid saxophone and a few great turns of phrase.
  — Nate Jones, Vulture, 11 Jan. 2021
• Grayson Moniz ran down the field unguarded with 26.9 seconds left in overtime and scored to give the Trojans the Class M title.
  — Sara Tidwell, courant.com, 12 June 2021
• If unguarded, British ships could have sailed the Hudson and cut New England off from the other colonies and crushed the rebellion.
  — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 4 July 2023
• Svensson looked up to the top of the box where an unguarded Shipp took his pass and sent a bullet blast low and hard into the net to Rimando’s left.
  — Geoff Baker, The Seattle Times, 20 May 2017
• There is a major difference in the sense that Trump speaks off the cuff in a very unguarded, spontaneous way.
  — Isaac Chotiner, Slate Magazine, 10 Feb. 2017
• And with entry fees rising, migrants were more apt to cross at unguarded spots along the Rio Grande and elsewhere.
  — Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News, 6 July 2019
• Instantly, the music morphs him from a chill, unguarded demeanor to the Joker-esque King Push persona.
  — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2024
• The country’s normally busy borders with Belgium and the Netherlands remained open and unguarded, and airlines and trains continued to operate.
  — Doug Saunders, Foreign Affairs, 15 May 2020

Last Updated: 18 Dec 2024