unguarded

Example Sentences

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The government blamed the disorder on a ragged retreat by the Syrian Democratic Forces that left the camp unguarded for hours and made it difficult to re-establish security.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

The French international was reduced to tears after pouncing on a Pope error to roll into an unguarded net.

From Barron's • Jan. 31, 2026

The stroke seems to have stripped away some of his old formality, leaving him more open, unguarded, even amused by his own lapses.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2025

The unguarded moment was captured on a livestream carried by Chinese state TV as the two leaders and North Korea's Kim Jong Un walked together through China's historic Tiananmen Square.

From BBC • Sep. 3, 2025

One of the tunnels beneath Blackcliff must be unguarded.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir