Example Sentences

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Protectively convoyed by French cops, he was taken back into Paris, smiling for the first time that day.

From Time Magazine Archive

Protectively, she used to call him "my big child."

From Time Magazine Archive

Protectively, Si'Wren picked up the oil lamp and stepped forward between the pack of hyenas and her nervously neighing horse.

From Si'Wren of the Patriarchs by Cheney, Roland Jon

Protectively, man must go the whole distance and pretend that there is not one single thing which he can do for baby.

From Seeing Things at Night by Broun, Heywood