protector

Example Sentences

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“Charge my phone?” asked another, and Gil submitted the device into a tangle of cords growing from a surge protector.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

His older sister, Averie, was a protector who “beat up everybody for me from age 3 to like 15,” Domingo says, letting out an extended belly laugh.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

Especially the tiniest ones, like a cricket that reminds him that he was once a protector.

From Salon • Feb. 1, 2026

The teaser reveals Prince Adam had been sent to Earth for his safety, but now his home planet needs him to embrace his destiny as its protector.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026

He had the feeling that O’Brien was his protector, that the pain was something that came from outside, from some other source, and that it was O’Brien who would save him from it.

From "1984" by George Orwell