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His person was now protected by immemorial and sacred usage, until the tribe in council had deliberated and determined on his fate.

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 Meanings and Examples of PROTECTED
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
protected
 v.  shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage
 v.  use tariffs to favor domestic industry
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  It protected her from reproof, and it left no doubt in anyone's mind as to her exact views on any subject.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
2  They were all beautiful with the blinding beauty that transfigures even the plainest woman when she is utterly protected and utterly loved and is giving back that love a thousandfold.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
3  They told the negroes that if they would go back, they would go as free workers, protected by written contracts specifying wages by the day.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
4  Southern chivalry protected her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
5  He was still "one of our family" and, as such, must be protected.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIV
6  Mrs. Bogart was calling upon Carol, protected by Aunt Bessie Smail.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
7  I turned back the papery triangular sheaths that protected the berries and ate a few.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: II
8  Grandmother told him she was sure the Lord had remembered these things to his credit, and had helped him out of many a scrape when he didn't realize that he was being protected by Providence.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: IX
9  She wore dogskin gloves, with gauntlets that protected her wrists.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In VII
10  Coming down the street toward him was a lady, well dressed, and protected by an umbrella; and he turned and walked beside her.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 27
11  Duncan seized the favorable moment to spring to the body of Gamut, which he bore within the shelter of the narrow chasm that protected the sisters.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 7
12  His person was now protected by immemorial and sacred usage, until the tribe in council had deliberated and determined on his fate.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 23
13  Though protected from any great danger of observation by the precipitous banks, and the thick shrubbery which skirted the stream, no precaution known to an Indian attack was neglected.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 32
14  Few were injured, as both parties kept their bodies as much protected as possible by the trees; never, indeed, exposing any part of their persons except in the act of taking aim.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 32
15  I have, when the occasion offered, protected my own adversaries, men of your profession.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER X—THE BISHOP IN THE PRESENCE OF AN UNKNOWN LIGHT
Example Sentence: (193 in 13 pages)
16  They also said that there was too much emphasis placed on protecting the liberty of individuals at the expense of broader social justice.
17  He was given the task of protecting her for the duration of the trial.
18  The Green Party is dedicated to protecting the environment.
19  Bella, the only reason I left was because I thought I was protecting you.
20  He viewed his mission in life as protecting the weak from the evil.
21  The moment of death had obsessed him from childhood, when he had acquired that slight crouch, protecting his neck from the shining blade of the guillotine that might slice through.
22  Before the most recent change, the social-media site did a decent job of protecting privacy through obscurity, especially for teenagers.
23  The government instituted a consumer protection agency.
24  American footballers wear shoulder-pads for protection.
25  Animal protection supporters gathered to protest against hunting.
26  Witnesses at the trial were given police protection.
27  He asked to be put under police protection.
28  No one can understand the hurt and pain of life, not a time to be able to recover, I can only share memory protection.
29  A UN official said aid programs will be suspended until there's adequate protection for relief convoys.
30  The wall gives some protection from the prevailing wind.