bodyguard

[ UK /bˈɒdɪɡˌɑːd/ ]
[ US /ˈbɑdiˌɡɑɹd/ ]
NOUN
  1. someone who escorts and protects a prominent person
  2. a group of men who escort and protect some important person

How To Use bodyguard In A Sentence

  • Above all, lots of protection, such as having a personal posse of bodyguards. Times, Sunday Times
  • He redialed the number of the bodyguard and waited for him to pick up.
  • If the car was parked in her garage, there were the two so-called bodyguards inside the house, plus the children, plus the so-called au pair! Deadly Intent
  • He enjoyed the trappings of power, such as a chauffeur-driven car and bodyguards.
  • There was no sign of the bodyguards or protocol officers which usually surround senior officers. Times, Sunday Times
  • The only hint of fear in the company was the presence of two tall gorilla bodyguards clasping small automatic fire-arms, who glared at us suspiciously as we approached, but made no attempt to stop us.
  • Kabila was shot on Tuesday last week, allegedly by a lone bodyguard in what may have been a coup attempt.
  • Romanov pulled out a file folder from her jacket slowly, ensuring that the bodyguards saw what she held, and handed it to Mr. Devlin.
  • In a 45-minute harangue in Brussels, flanked by a group of photogenic women bodyguards, he will have caused anxiety to those who have welcomed him back to the fold.
  • Harold had kept his bodyguards - the housecarls - with him but they could not stop the onslaught and Harold and his men were slaughtered by the Normans.
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