How To Use Unguarded In A Sentence

Many of the events are informal and unscripted, and can afford glimpses of public figures talking unguardedly about their ideas, their life, and their convictions. The Story Behind the Story
In unguarded moments he says he is just curious. Times, Sunday Times
After an initial search, police left the crime scene unguarded and open to rain, tides and curious visitors. Times, Sunday Times
I gaped unguardedly at the wad of bills in his hands.
After an initial search, the stretch of beach where the bodies were found was left unguarded and open to rain, tides and curious visitors. Times, Sunday Times

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In general it has to be dumped in derelict and unguarded houses, where such of it as is not looted is ruined by damp. As I Please
After an initial search, police left the crime scene unguarded and open to rain, tides and curious visitors. Times, Sunday Times
At some point in their careers, most broadcasters have made an unguarded comment when the fader was open and the mic was live.
Leaving keys in ignitions and leaving purses unguarded is not smart. Mexico living: five questions
To have my name traduced in public; in inns, among the meanest vulgar! to have any little favours that my unguarded heart may have too lightly betrayed me to grant, boasted of there! nay, even to hear that you had been forced to fly from my love! History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
Republican manliness is not at odds with such unguarded displays of affect, for the "loftiness" and Love and Merit in the Maritime Historical Novel: Cooper and Scott
Joe had never been privy to her thoughts and fears and dreams and giggling drunken confessions in the same unguarded way Chrissie had. FALLEN WOMEN
Debilitating injures were commonplace in work areas with slippery floors and stairways, and heavy unguarded machinery.
For two years she followed him on the campaign trail, capturing unguarded moments between the increasingly staged photo opportunities. Times, Sunday Times
Again, I'm prepared to be wrong about this, but I don't see cashiering McChrystal happening, given that the depiction of the "rift" here amounts to some personal slights, some unguarded drunk-talk among aides, and McChrystal's sincere belief that Karl Eikenberry's criticisms felt like a "betrayal" from a friend. Stanley McChrystal Under Fire: What Does It Mean For Counterinsurgency Strategy?
The greatest fear is that the European governing body's internal politics will scupper the bid: McConnell admitted as much last month in an unguarded remark.
He smiled with his whole face, and it was the freest she'd ever seen him, the most unguarded. FLIGHT LESSONS
She let the news slip by mistake , in an unguarded moment.
Victims as we are of bad habit, unambitious as we are about our souls' progress we speak so unguardedly! Avoiding Idle Talk
Eric Perrin sneaked in to poke the puck away, and it skidded right in front of the unguarded net to Pascal Dupuis. USATODAY.com
The apparently unguarded remarks, though not very presidential, did Kerry little harm and in some circles no doubt boosted his standing.
In a single unguarded moment, the cat was released from the bag. Times, Sunday Times
I should not leave my briefcase and camera bag unguarded.
We desperately wanted her to utter some unguarded remark about ‘flies’ but that didn't happen either.
I hope the press photographer was able to catch this unguarded posture.
If presenters like Humphrys, who could in one unguarded moment destroy the corporation's reputation, do not follow instructions, might not that create the slackness that leads to disaster?
If they could get Sloan to relax and to trust them, there was a good chance he might talk unguardedly.
Sometimes unguarded dribblers bounce the ball off their foot.
On all days while alive, unpaired males either paired randomly with unguarded females or sneaked.
There are tens of thousands of e-mails in that trove, a lot of people speaking unguardedly, unwisely and impolitically. You shall know them by their work
Pongau and thousands of men were herded together in cramped conditions, but instead of being sent on they were left unguarded as, amazingly, the guards had all left. Work Camp 1768 L
He wondered if the psychiatrist was trying to goad him into some unguarded response.
I've been lucky enough to have godchildren in my life, and to have been close with them, to be trusted enough by them to hear their unguarded concerns; to occasionally be allowed to help with their problems. A Conversation with Mark Spragg about An Unfinished Life
And yet, despite William's desire to ‘provoke soft emotions,’ we have no evidence she ever offered hers unguardedly during the time they were courting.
They had just been lying around out in the open, unguarded and ripe for the taking.
If you don't believe it, explain to me what you call sneaking into a public area of citizens who are completely unguarded, with a bomb strapped to yourself, and detonating that bomb with the intent to kill and impose fear upon those people? Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local
the border between the United States and Canada is the longest unguarded border in the world
Lounging on the divan, his arms placed unguardedly before him, he had none of the tense, high-strung, honour-obsessed posture of his people.
an unguarded remark
One friend lost all hers when the fox learnt she would leave them unguarded when the phone rang. Times, Sunday Times
The military reverberations of the word "vulnerable"-unguarded, unfortified, defenseless-as well as its more visceral associations-exposed, naked-I felt intensely as I thought about the hard attitude rampant today that everyone is on his or her own, not only poor families struggling to survive (cuts to welfare), but also children (cuts to education) and the elderly (cuts to Medicare and Social Security); and the ruthless attitude equally rampant today that no one owes anybody anything, that any "sacrifice" in the name of the public good, of the world we share together, our commonwealth, is too much to ask of anyone. NPR Topics: News
Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own thoughts, unguarded. Buddha
You just have to look at the pose: this is not a petulant man caught in an unguarded moment. Times, Sunday Times
He was another personal favourite whose friendship shrivelled after a single unguarded remark.
Despite ‘being told’ to ‘take the point’, a low drive found an unguarded spot and the ball squirted off the goal post and over the line.
They could not leave the city unguarded.
In the three weeks before she fulfilled her pledge the building stood unguarded - and untouched by a single vandal.
We build walls where we need only a fence for protection, and leave ourselves unguarded where we need more solid support. Times, Sunday Times
He demanded that Eribo should go and find out what constituency allowance of lawmakers is all about before making what he described as unguarded comments. Thisday Online
Can we say this as well, your Honours, that the statement of a predictive opinion, guarded or unguarded, is apt to induce more than one act of reliance.
You shouldn't leave your bag unguarded in a pub like that.
In the chaos, the wasp slips unnoticed through the ant nest and preys on the unguarded caterpillar.
If so, in the meantime antiterrorist action will be taken to hold the ring, to limit violence to what a British minister once unguardedly called an acceptable level.
I suppose that in my quest for the unguarded and ungroomed Diana, I was looking for proof of her humanity.
Pavelski scooped up a long rebound and patiently outwaited Luongo before tucking the puck into an unguarded net. USATODAY.com - Hockey - San Jose vs. Vancouver
The museum was unguarded at night.
She turned to see that the door to the prison was open and unguarded.
The offense momentarily has an unguarded player that gets an open shot.
Defense stays with their own man except when helping on the unguarded player or the player who is left open when someone else goes to guard the unguarded player.
“Let it be known that the southern border will henceforward be closed to the economic migration of foreign nationals, whilst the Northern border will remain unguarded, allowing potential terrorists easy access to the heartland of the United States.” Think Progress » ThinkFast: May 18, 2006
The mission would be fairly easy to complete, the village was simple and unguarded except for the night-watch that they had formed.
The photographers managed to capture Jane in an unguarded moment.
After an initial search, the stretch of beach where the bodies were found was left unguarded and open to rain, tides and curious visitors. Times, Sunday Times
Madhani had traveled extensively through the dangers of Iraq — unarmed, unguarded, in ratty old cars — and he knew that many apparently random attacks had hidden histories behind them. Welcome to the Green Zone
Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own thoughts, unguarded. Buddha
His intervention follows unguarded comments by one Home Office minister last week who told a private meeting the government was guilty of ‘over-selling’ the value of the card system.
And with the bulk of those e-mails passing between places of work, the potential for embarrassment, offence and even financial damage caused by unguarded messages is immense.
The child, though, was typically unguarded: ‘I think I'm a little scared of that.’
As if realizing they had some appointment they were late for the guards hurried down the corridor leaving Niko and I unguarded.
All senior politicians get memos like this before interviews; few are unguarded enough to leave them in view. Times, Sunday Times
To get to a lever on an asphalt tanker he had leaned over an engine with an unguarded rotating shaft.
After an initial search by police, the crime scene was left unguarded and open to the elements for two days before it was scrutinised properly. Times, Sunday Times
With his two weapons he struck the unguarded shoulder of the creature.
Just as long as he doesn't make any unguarded comments while the microphone is still on, of course. Times, Sunday Times
‘Goodness, darling, that up-and-coming young Turk John Major has some sock suspenders exactly like yours,’ she might have chirruped in an unguarded moment.
It really would be impossible if every unguarded remark were assumed to be attributable.
After the second one's comment, the two guards stopped at an unguarded doorway.
I did manage once to tip a measure from an unguarded bottle into my ginger cordial but I was not too impressed with the resulting cocktail.
an unguarded gate
Don't leave it unguarded - hot fat is volatile. Times, Sunday Times
Her Majesty is far too experienced to be caught in an unguarded moment. AT HOME WITH THE QUEEN: The Inside Story of the Royal Household
Under all his gentle suavities there was a fixed, inflexible will, a calm self-restraint, and a composed philosophical measurement of others, that fitted him to bear despotic rule over an impulsive, unguarded nature. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859
his unguarded queen was open to attack
The midfield trialist had the time and space to calmly stroke the ball into the unguarded net.
Her manner is so open, candid, and unguardedly optimistic, she leaves you feeling that she would be a great best friend. Marcus Buckingham: What Does A Strong Life Look Like?
It is not, shall we say, the only unguarded comment that has our club chaperone squirming. Times, Sunday Times
Treatments that depress the immune system leave the body unguarded against illness and even common infections can be extremely dangerous.
In perhaps my only unguarded moment since the beginning of time, I answered; ‘I was hoping you would say you liked me!’
There is such anair of noli me tangere around the compound that even though there is asmall, unguarded opening in the fence, no one – no one – tries to enter it, not even the normally fearless paparazzi who stand outside ina cluster, sweating patiently in the heatof the sun. Glastonbury 2010: Meet the celebrities
Don't leave it unguarded - hot fat is volatile. Times, Sunday Times
Kathleen Parker, in one of her more unguardedly loopy columns, chastises Barack Obama for not being a tough guy. No Mas Macho
Abdullah and our men have been at Dahshoor all summer; we decided it was inadvisable to leave the site unguarded, if you recall. LION IN THE VALLEY
In tropical countries, the buds unguarded by bracts like our own are said to be much darker; and in arctic regions, the young leaves are also said to be of a darker color. Rural Hours
In unguarded moments he says he is just curious. Times, Sunday Times
Oil crooks there and elsewhere can find an unguarded length of pipe and make their own tap.
It is in those unguarded moments when the heart expresses its true nature. Christianity Today
House after house is deserted, bullet holes pockmarking their walls, their doors open and unguarded, many emptied of furniture. The Myth of the Surge
For a group that was supposedly highly trained, they had gone haywire and left most of the hotel unguarded.
Reed hit a long free kick and this time Graham Curry headed over his keeper into the unguarded net.
The facility was unguarded because the Institute could not afford to pay a guard.
It was unguarded but had a large sign warning that alarms would sound when it opened.
The museum was unguarded at night.
And I can see the irony already here given the fact that at one particularly unguarded moment I happened to let slip to Fox that if I think Griffin has a flaw in his songwriting it's with his second verses.
The Town keeper Darren O'Grady was obviously fouled as he went to catch a high punt with Gary Smyth tucking the loose ball into the unguarded net.
But more important, the keen sense of smell of foxes, shrews, and coyotes means any meat left unguarded is fair game.
But watching Michael dance, his face was unguarded for the first time that day, she found herself analyzing him instead.
Satan retreated, hid himself, surreptitiously arose again, awaited his chance, taking advantage of unguarded and weak moments, and in one word demeaned himself as a very live and sagacious Satan. The Bride of Dreams
It annoyed me slightly at the thought of all the times I had left my bag in the unlocked, unguarded room.
In his letters, he gossips, tells wicked stories and speaks the unguarded truth.
These thieves specialize in stealing unguarded bikes.
All senior politicians get memos like this before interviews; few are unguarded enough to leave them in view. Times, Sunday Times
With a tilt of the head, he'll talk unguardedly of stealing his mother's copy of the record, his unapologetic love for Wings, and his cat back home in Detroit.
Those unguarded ammo dumps became the arsenals of insurgency.
In the chaos, the wasp slips unnoticed through the ant nest and preys on the unguarded caterpillar.
Captured before they've learned to hide much of themselves from the rest of the world, they appear unguarded, often hilarious and vulnerable - in other words, as pure, unfiltered human beings.
Lounging on the divan, his arms placed unguardedly before him, he had none of the tense, high-strung, honour-obsessed posture of his people.
It is not, shall we say, the only unguarded comment that has our club chaperone squirming. Times, Sunday Times
One of the complaints was lodged by a county councillor who claimed that the site was relatively open and unguarded at night.
Since a lot of what we do is done for the benefit of others, trying to make good impressions, the few unguarded glimpses behind someone's persona are truly precious.
Just grab a typewriter or computer and find an unguarded copy machine and the situation is rectified.
Others will feel that they are overhearing your most unguarded thoughts.
His entreaty is hard to swallow, given the biographical kernels in all of his plays, but easy to take, given the unguarded, imploring nature of his gaze.
This Orwellian spirit encourages prying into individuals' thoughts and unguarded comments - while diverting attention from the issues that matter in our public life.
They could not leave the city unguarded.
Let it be known that the southern border will henceforward be closed to the economic migration of foreign nationals, whilst the Northern border will remain unguarded, allowing potential terrorists easy access to the heartland of the United States. Think Progress » ThinkFast: May 18, 2006
Just as long as he doesn't make any unguarded comments while the microphone is still on, of course. Times, Sunday Times
Englishmen and matrons, and thrill societies with their winsome ingenuousness; and who sometimes when unguarded meet an artful serenader, that is a cloaked bandit, and is provoked by their performances, and knows anthropologically the nature behind the devious show; a sciential rascal; as little to be excluded from our modern circles as Eve's own old deuce from Eden's garden whereupon, opportunity inviting, both the fool and the cunning, the pure donkey princess of insular eulogy, and the sham one, are in a perilous pass. Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith
Looking down at the landscape, he saw unguarded storage tanks, refineries and chemical plants, all open and starkly vulnerable to attack.
He remembered how she had chastened him once for his unguarded assertion of female practicalism. At Swim, Two Boys
There were extra guards standing by the door at the front and an unguarded door at the back.
If you own stock in an insurance firm, pray that she doesn't come into contact with unguarded threshing machines.
In a single unguarded moment, the cat was released from the bag. Times, Sunday Times
The unguarded chicks and eggs are easy prey for gulls and other avian predators.
But watching Michael dance, his face was unguarded for the first time that day, she found herself analyzing him instead.
Spartacus caused ropes to be made of vine branches, with the aid of which he and his followers lowered themselves to the base of the mountain, at a point which had been left unguarded by the Romans because considered inaccessible by the red-tapist who commanded them, and consequently affording a capital outlet for bold men under a daring leader. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 03, January, 1858
Abdullah and our men have been at Dahshoor all summer; we decided it was inadvisable to leave the site unguarded, if you recall. LION IN THE VALLEY
While his hands are (or were) squeaky clean, he's just dragged them across a splattered palette of germs collected from every patient he's seen today, yesterday, or maybe even last week, and now - open up and say "aah" - those hands are headed straight for your unguarded mouth. Skeptic.com
Orlando undertook the defence of his sister with more zeal than prudence; but Mrs Rayland, though not to be convinced that Isabella was not a vain coquet, which indeed her unguarded gaiety gave the old Lady very good reason to believe, was however in a humour to be pleased with all Orlando said. The Old Manor House
At some point in their careers, most broadcasters have made an unguarded comment when the fader was open and the mic was live.
There have been some unguarded comments by people in authority who should know better.
I should not leave my briefcase and camera bag unguarded.
In an unguarded private moment last week, Cameron remarked on the passing of his famous constituent, Ronnie Barker, by recalling how their Oxfordshire estates bordered each other.
It was a rare insight into the siege mentality that underpins her reluctance to share her unguarded self and fuels perceptions of her as secretive and dishonest. Times, Sunday Times
There have been no temper tantrums, no documented instances of peevish bad behaviour or shirtiness, no haughtiness or snobbishness, no unguarded utterances, no drug-taking or public drunkenness, no unsuitable girlfriends: precious little, in fact, for the tabloids to get their teeth into. Prince William: how he has coped with a life in the spotlight
From a contemporary viewpoint, it's hard to imagine any political figure being as unguardedly complacent as Humphrey appears in "Primary," or as curiously vulnerable and assured as both Kennedy and his future first lady come off. The Man Who Held Up a Mirror to America
Felicia glanced up, her expression unguarded, unable to quench the fierce joy running through her veins. Falcon's Prey
As a result, stocks of chemicals that are restricted or banned under the Chemical Weapons Convention are lying around unguarded, literally waiting for terrorists to take them.
With that said, the man slid away into the night, melting into the shadows, leaving an unsuspecting and unguarded Nicholas to fend for himself.
You just have to look at the pose: this is not a petulant man caught in an unguarded moment. Times, Sunday Times
This spirit encourages prying into individuals' thoughts and unguarded comments - while diverting attention from the issues that matter in our public life.
It seems that the shifty fellow had broken into the small museum in the town and in an unguarded moment had filched the treasure map and a few gold coins.
It is a chance and unguarded remark from that classic source, the slowly dementing relative, that sets David's life on a new course and one from which he will emerge having made some startling and unexpected discoveries, mostly about himself. 40 entries from May 2007
Some are witty and epigrammatic, while others poignantly lament the writer's widowhood in unguardedly emotional terms. The Times Literary Supplement
We build walls where we need only a fence for protection, and leave ourselves unguarded where we need more solid support. Times, Sunday Times
The prisoner was left unguarded.
After "fluffer", my expecations were no longer as unguarded when I later on learned of the words "Banger" and "Swooper". Archive 2008-04-01
These views found frequent expression in private, and in public too; I myself particularly remember the Chancellor's speaking thus most unguardedly at a dinner in Rheims. She Makes Her Mouth Small & Round & Other Stories
Her Majesty is far too experienced to be caught in an unguarded moment. AT HOME WITH THE QUEEN: The Inside Story of the Royal Household
Still, he watched her for clues, for signs, awkwardness, unguarded thoughts.
Then as the half drew to a close Martin showed keen awareness with a quickly taken free kick but was left frustrated as his kick curled the away from an unguarded net, the keeper stranded at his opposite post.
The Eltons and Pritts and Coughlins, each of them simply an enormous mouth bellowing the same lie over and over again, are obviously extreme cases, but we deceive ourselves if we do not realise that we can all resemble them in unguarded moments. Notes on Nationalism
One friend lost all hers when the fox learnt she would leave them unguarded when the phone rang. Times, Sunday Times
His usually unguarded expression was marred by the deep frown of meditation he now wore.
She sat upright with a very audible gasp, and demanded in unguardedly loud tones, "Who's that? Just Patty
He is very lovable, and is evidently much beloved, and is able to go about in unguarded security. The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither
Unfortunately, an unguarded access point can open up your network to people outside your company's four walls.
It is in those unguarded moments when the heart expresses its true nature. Christianity Today
Precipitate, I know, she has always been reckoned; but her precipitance is of kin to her noblest virtues; it springs but from the unsuspicious frankness of an unguarded, because innocent nature. Camilla: or, A Picture of Youth
All senior politicians get memos like this before interviews; few are unguarded enough to leave them in view. Times, Sunday Times
Unwise or unguarded email use is almost always the source of blame when a security breach of the company network occurs.
After an initial search by police, the crime scene was left unguarded and open to the elements for two days before it was scrutinised properly. Times, Sunday Times
To have my name traduced in public; in inns, among the meanest vulgar! to have any little favours, that my unguarded heart may have too lightly betrayed me to grant, boasted of there! nay, even to hear that you had been forced to fly from my love!” The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
Don't on any account leave the prisoner unguarded.
Most of the 80 photographs show the private life of the couple, many of them catching the two in moments of unposed and unguarded intimacy.
It was a rare insight into the siege mentality that underpins her reluctance to share her unguarded self and fuels perceptions of her as secretive and dishonest. Times, Sunday Times
In Rape of the Sabine Women, often the camera seems to capture the actors in unguarded moments and frequently the crew intrudes upon the film-set, crashing through the fantasy world Ms. Sussman so painstakingly creates. Spread ArtCulture: Interview: Eve Sussman - on the making of her film, Rape of the Sabine Women
I should not leave my briefcase and camera bag unguarded.
Not since the 1950s have many of us on the mainland dared to leave a bike unlocked or garden produce unguarded. Times, Sunday Times
We then exited through a huge glass door to our parked cars and drove via unguarded gates home.
For two years she followed him on the campaign trail, capturing unguarded moments between the increasingly staged photo opportunities. Times, Sunday Times
‘It was like magic when we met,’ Duval says unguardedly.
In a split-second, Andre De Lisser hooked the ball away from the keeper and, from an acute angle, curled it into the far corner of an unguarded goal.
After many fruitless attempts to gain admittance to the prison, he found a strongly grated window in an unguarded part of the building, which lighted the dungeon of the unfortunate Mahometan; who, loaded with chains, waited in despair the execution of the barbarous sentence. Chapter 14

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