How to Use security guard in a Sentence

security guard

noun
  • And if so, how many? Who was the security guard killed?
    Charles Rabin and, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2024
  • The body of a security guard was later found in the rubble.
    Katya Soldak, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
  • The only male killed was Faraz Tahir, 30, a Pakistani refugee who worked as a security guard at the mall.
    Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 15 Apr. 2024
  • For Mia's first birthday, the security guard bought a gift for the little girl and was able to meet her in person.
    Joanne Fowler, Peoplemag, 14 July 2024
  • The man said Sigman threatened to shoot him and told a security guard, who saw Sigman with a gun and told him to leave the restaurant.
    Alexis Stevens, ajc, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The video later shows Nex walking with a security guard down a hallway at 2 p.m. and then out of the school with Benedict.
    Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2024
  • The former security guard was off duty at the time of the incident and appeared to be the first of the four men charged to encounter Mitchell on June 30.
    Ashley R. Williams, CNN, 12 Aug. 2024
  • The fan was escorted by a security guard out of the area but a Padres spokesperson said he was not ejected.
    Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Police say the man forcibly took keys from an unarmed security guard, fired shots in the building and set a fire in a stairwell.
    Emma Tucker, CNN, 30 Jan. 2024
  • As Eisenstein perused the exhibits, a security guard followed him — a sign that something was amiss in the land of the living.
    Maura Judkis, Washington Post, 27 July 2023
  • As the bottle hit him, Djokovic grabbed his head and fell to the floor, before he was tended to by a security guard in Foro Italico, where the Open took place.
    Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 11 May 2024
  • Eight students -- all children -- and a security guard were among those killed.
    Dragana Jovanovic, ABC News, 3 May 2023
  • Adele isn’t the first performer to notice a security guard being a little too harsh.
    Marianne Garvey, CNN, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Another victim was a security guard who was struck in the leg.
    Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2024
  • One day Richards got a call that Leo’s security guard had walked onto private property to tear the fist flag down.
    Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 11 Oct. 2023
  • But in recent years he has been reduced to taking part-time work as a night security guard at a private school for $20 per hour.
    Ethan Ward, USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2024
  • But in recent years he has been reduced to taking part-time work as a night security guard at a private school for $20 per hour.
    Ethan Ward, USA TODAY, 26 June 2024
  • Before a fight could break out, Ari’s security guard escorted her off the stage.
    Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 30 Nov. 2023
  • In the video, a man who appears to be a security guard asks the workers to leave voluntarily and threatens to call the police.
    Gaby Del Valle, The Verge, 17 Apr. 2024
  • The victims, who ranged in age from 32 to 86, included eight customers, the store security guard and a church deacon who drove shoppers to and from the store with their groceries.
    CBS News, 12 Jan. 2024
  • This valve is like a security guard that allows substances to enter the stomach.
    Brittany Edelmann, Discover Magazine, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Eight of the people fatally shot were customers, and the other two were the store security guard and a church deacon who drove shoppers to and from the store with their groceries.
    Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The second time, apparently the following day, his security guard was pulled over, Bryan pulled to the side of the road to wait and got out of his car to smoke a cigarette.
    Jem Aswad, Variety, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The neighborhood also has a private security guard, who is stationed just feet from the front door.
    Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 13 Apr. 2023
  • The magical part of this story is that, instead of shooing him away, the security guard liked his drawings and called the head of personnel to take a look.
    Susan Orlean, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Travis Scott has been released from custody with no charges after a fight with a hotel security guard.
    Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2024
  • Sensing his need for purpose, Bibi asks him to lead meetings, participate in prayers and even stand by the door as a security guard.
    Malala Yousafzai, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Feb. 2023
  • The criminals used bear spray on a security guard, police said.
    Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2023
  • There were reports of a confrontation with a mall security guard.
    Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 29 Dec. 2023
  • Moments before Ohtani’s swing, a security guard standing next to Voda wondered out loud if this game was headed for a movie script ending.
    Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2024

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