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: being an extremely serious condition with uncertain outcome
was in guarded condition after the crash
guardedly
adverb
guardedness
noun
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Examples of guarded in a Sentence
a guarded man who knew better than to reveal such delicate information
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Jennifer Kale is a witch who is very guarded and needs to learn how to trust people, and keeps getting tested on that over and over again throughout the show.
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Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Our spirits remain guarded, but high, for this one; the Venice Film Festival crowd seemed to eat it up.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2024
Especially in your portrayal of Jane, who is very guarded.
—Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 15 June 2024
Hirst is a guarded and successful writer, Spooner a poet or a fraud or both.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 24 July 2023
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Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Our spirits remain guarded, but high, for this one; the Venice Film Festival crowd seemed to eat it up.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2024
Especially in your portrayal of Jane, who is very guarded.
—Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 15 June 2024
Hirst is a guarded and successful writer, Spooner a poet or a fraud or both.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 24 July 2023
See all Example Sentences for guarded
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“Guarded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guarded. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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