protectively

How To Use protectively In A Sentence

• I was briefly ruffled, because few things are held as closely and protectively as one's musical preferences.
• The man was quite a bit taller than Marianne and had his arm protectively round her shoulder as they continued to talk. THE EXECUTION
• With a practiced movement she scooped it back into her hand, held it protectively against her chest.
• he bent protectively over the woman
• Onlookers used to the swagger of pre-Red Millbrook days hardly recognised the dimmed round-shouldered slinker as the wolf of the tracks, the sexual predator that had set alarmed mothers scurrying protectively after their chicks. The Elvis Latte
• The man was quite a bit taller than Marianne and had his arm protectively round her shoulder as they continued to talk. THE EXECUTION
• The diminutive mother sat protectively on a neighboring branch but did not interfere allowing the woman to produce one of the most charming sequences of wildlife photos I've ever seen.
• The team found that the key appears to be joints in the bony vertebrae that wrap protectively around the spinal cord.
• Josh pulled me closer to him on the bed and put his arm protectively around me.
• Even if it seems they have been attacked into dormancy like a rolly-poley protectively curled, and even if this current administration were to become a force of tyrannical oppression, Faith, Hope, and Love will remain and have their way. Politico Outs the Secret Plan to Pass ObamaCare - Dan_Perrin’s blog - RedState