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watch over so as to protect
The jewels over which they kept guard were stolen
We must stand sentinel to protect ourselves
How To Use stand guard In A Sentence
- He had been assigned to stand guard beside one of the caged men as they drove in a column through a baying mob. Times, Sunday Times
- Both stand guard over a giant pylon of the mortuary temple of Amenophis the Third.
- Indian paramilitary soldiers stand guard near the site of an explosion in Srinagar, Indian administered Kashmir.
- Some green-haired kid at school payed me a cool 500 smackers to stand guard here, and I'm gonna do just that!
- You must stand guard over him at all times.
- He didn't come to critique the food or shame the decorator or stand guard at the door like a bouncer. Christianity Today
- Asked to stand guard over good or treasure, they would good-naturedly hand everything over to a perfect stranger.
- You will also need a nice copper mantid to stand guard of course. Back To Regular Programming-Mishmash Style* « Fairegarden
- It curves to a line of palm trees which stand guard above sandy beaches and rocky coves. Times, Sunday Times
- Ayla straightened the small female figure, whose feet were purposely only a suggestion, leaving the legs in a peglike shape that had been pushed into the ground to stand guard in front of the entrance, then followed Jondalar to the next lodge. The Plains of Passage
