Care must be taken, in the choice of a location, to guard against drafts.
This will hold the earth together, and prevent exposure of the roots, which is the main thing to guard against.
If this is not done, there is danger of looseness about some of the roots at planting-time, and this is a thing to guard against, especially with young plants.
It was performed nearer to the shoulder-joint, and in order to guard against recurrence of the disease, the nerves were laid hold of, pulled outwards, and cut across as high as possible.
I am not on my guard against deceivers; I HAVE TO BE without precaution: so willeth my lot.
Ah, if I were on my guard against man, how could man be an anchor to my ball!
This is my first manly prudence, that I allow myself to be deceived, so as not to be on my guard against deceivers.
Meantime in committing the book in its new form to the judgment of the public I desire to guard against a misapprehension of its scope which appears to be still rife, though I have sought to correct it before now.
Hence if death be the permanent absence of the soul, the way to guard against it is either to prevent the soul from leaving the body, or, if it does depart, to ensure that it shall return.
To understand this we must know the nature of the danger which threatens the king's life, and which it is the intention of these curious restrictions to guard against.
The evils were innumerable, and fell almost exclusively upon those who were least able to bear them, or to guard against them.
Congress would have the strongest disposition toguard against them.
The wise men who framed our constitution were well aware of all this danger and all this mischief, and took effectual care, as they thought, to guard against it.
We were now in a region infested by Apaches, and we had to be constantly on the alert to guard against surprise.
At Sacramento the river was still broad and deep, but with low banks that necessitated levees to guard against overflows.
I must have a supper toguard against infection--a slice of toasted bread, sprinkled with, vinegar, and powdered with nutmeg.
To guard against accident, he also doubly stocked his house with glass, earthenware, and every article liable to breakage.
Won't you take some of them with you to guard against infection?
He had his stores to save, Shields to guard against, Lee's grand strategy to promote.
In order to guard against disaster, the infantry was to be preceded by artillery, and the movement postponed until late in the afternoon, so that if compelled to retire, it would be under cover of the night.
He has moved his main body from New Market to Harrisonburg, leaving probably a brigade at New Market, and between that town and the Shenandoah (Luray Gap), to guard against a force getting in his rear.
That the holders of certificates were enabled to have them registered, to guard against accidents; and that no distinction was made between the original holder and the alienee.
When we are considering the advantages that may result from an easy mode of naturalization, we ought also to consider the cautions necessary to guard against abuses.
It was therefore meant to guard against an improper mode of naturalization, rather than foreigners should be received upon easier terms than those adopted by the several States.
The command this time was given to Arnold, though, to guard against a new treason, dormant commissions were given to his chief officers, Lieutenant-Colonels Dundas and Simcoe.
Defn: To make ware; to warn; to take heed of; to beware of; to guard against.
Notwithstanding French had some miles farther to march than Warren, and unusual difficulties to overcome or guard against, Meade dispatched him, as early as 1 P.
To avoid surprises by sudden dashes, the companies as well as the battalion were taught to form squares quickly and to guard against cavalry.
To guard against unsealing of traps by capillary attraction, traps should be of a uniform diameter, without nooks and corners, and of not too large a size, and should also be well flushed, so that nothing but water remains in the trap.
Side-note: Real character of the Megaric sophisms, not calculated to deceive but to guard against deception.
Their sophisms were not intended to impose upon any one, but on the contrary, to guard against imposition.
When a complaint has been investigated, everything possible should be done to remove the cause, and to guard against a similar complaint in the future.
First, the information on file is copied, and proofread to guard against errors.
Even with an intercommunicating telephone system, with which every large office and plant should be equipped, many of these requests are of a nature that, to guard against misunderstandings, demand written communications.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "guard against" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
