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Example sentences from the Web for well-guardedIt's just that those in charge have diverted that wealth into a deep well that sits on their well-guarded estates. Michael Moore: America Is Not Broke|Michael Moore|March 7, 2011|DAILY BEAST So the workings went on, and spread and ramified into the many acres surrounding the single so well-guarded entrance. On the Mexican Highlands|William Seymour Edwards In a well-guarded camp all were settled before the moon rose, and never was rest more needed by animals and men. Wild Bill's Last Trail|Ned Buntline For two or three days, sometimes even for five, the queen's lament will be heard, the fierce challenge to her well-guarded rivals. The Children's Life of the Bee|Maurice Maeterlinck
But the nature of the powers for which Mr. Forster would ask, was a well-guarded secret. Lord Randolph Churchill|Winston Spencer Churchill The impracticability of an assault on any one of the stubborn, well-guarded gates was at once recognised. Truxton King|George Barr McCutcheon
adjective (well guarded when postpositive)having sufficient protection from danger or harm kept private or out of the public eyewell-guarded secrets Words nearby well-guardedwell-founded, well-furnished, well-governed, well-groomed, well-grounded, well-guarded, well-handled, wellhead, well-heeled, well-hidden, wellhole Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |