Cobb writes, "Our conversation was somewhat guarded.

Les, on the ground, guarded somewhat by his well-trained horse, was either dead or unconscious.

Looking back on his varied career, Haslam is somewhat guarded about passing on any pet theories on how to manage at the top.

Selar has always been somewhat guarded.

Many of the latter - for instance Thomas Jones, whose biography appeared in 1951 - were generally sympathetic, even if their enthusiasm was somewhat guarded.

Mr. Bush's comments, however, were somewhat guarded about Iraqi forces.

She visited Tripoli in October 2011 and, in private, was somewhat guarded about Libya's future following the rebel success.

But he was also somewhat guarded.

And Representative Smith conceded, "The response from business has been somewhat guarded."

It's understandable, then, that Scott was somewhat guarded when he sat down for his recent Yahoo!