guard

01. The mother cat [guarded] her kittens against the male cat.

02. He works as a prison [guard] in a federal penitentiary.

03. While one robber went into the bank, his partner stood [guard] outside, watching for the police.

04. Both the young boy's parents were dead, so his older sister acted as his legal [guardian].

05. The house was being [guarded] by a huge black dog.

06. The bank is [guarded] by two men carrying rifles.

07. Don't leave your stuff [unguarded] for even a few minutes on the train or someone will steal it for sure.

08. The mother cat was [guarding] her kittens from the other cats.

09. The soldiers [guarding] the government officials were killed during the rebel attack.

10. A prisoner was shot by a [guard] as he tried to climb the fence surrounding the prison-of-war camp.

11. Cicero described memory as the treasury and [guardian] of all things.

12. Anyone could wander right up to the front door of the White House in Washington, D.C. until World War Two, when [guards] were finally posted at the fence.

13. In 1986, a [guard] in an armored car was killed when $50,000 worth of quarters fell on him.

14. Arab women in Sudan are very carefully [guarded] by their families.

15. A Portugese proverb suggests that a girl, a vineyard and a beanfield are difficult to [guard].