protectively in a sentence
Examples
- Dr . McNamara's arms cross protectively.
- Several shops, restaurants and fast-food eateries protectively boarded up their windows.
- Government documents without a classification may be marked as UNCLASSIFIED or NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED.
- His friend hunched protectively over his plate.
- He put his arm around me protectively.
- Like many Cubans, however, she speaks fondly, almost protectively, of Castro.
- I even let him sun himself on the front porch, hovering protectively over him.
- Like many Hopi, she talked proudly but protectively about the tribe's traditions.
- Shops and a bank closed down protectively.
- European leaders had rallied protectively around Airbus.