guard against something

Examples of guarding

guarding

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

He was obsessed with posterity's verdict, with guarding and protecting his reputation.
Men are managers of the public sphere, directing and performing those activities and guarding those spaces that affect the wellbeing of corporate groups.
All of these avenues of research will reveal the importance of guarding against simple equations between knowledge and colonial power.
However, they argue, most parents "repair" this violation of the protective role by immediately providing comfort, soothing the infant, and then guarding against repetition.
In constantly guarding against the tyranny of the majority.
The valve guarding the left atrioventricular junction has three leaflets.
During the second season, maintenance and guarding were assigned to the farmers.
This means, therefore, that much of the account focuses on commercial guarding.
This feature is then analyzed separately from the arrangement of the valves guarding the junctions.
In two of the cases, the valve replaced was the left component of the valve guarding the common junction of an atrioventricular septal defect.
In essence, guarding their own convertibility within the context of profitable banking, central banks conditioned inflationary paths.
Once and for all, let us stop liberating, saving, and guarding others, convincing them that without us they will per ish.
Therefore, maternal extraversion might lead a parent to support and encourage their own child's exploration, as opposed to protecting and guarding their behaviorally inhibited child.
This was done in part to protect the bride from the spirits guarding the house, since she was a stranger coming into her husband's domain.
This is a major part of guarding and enhancing science quality and relevance.
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