Not a person, but a thing, something to be guarded and used carefully.

A door, carefully guarded for so long, has now been opened wide.

That is one reason why my anonymity must be carefully guarded.

Each time Mary turned to him, a question in her forest green eyes, his own expression was carefully guarded.

Over the years, he had learned to distance himself, to keep his emotions carefully guarded.

Women are carefully guarded, and every household must be headed by a male figure.

They took me to the pits, where I lay carefully guarded.

"I believe that reputation is one of the most important assets for any business and should be guarded carefully," he says.

It was startling to see people who were carefully guarded even two days ago speak so freely.

At the beginning of the season, each team is given a training ball, which is carefully guarded.