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Free sign upThe phrase "as if it protected" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe a situation where something appears to offer protection or security, even if it may not actually do so.
Example: "She held the umbrella over her head, as if it protected her from the storm raging around her."
Alternatives: "as though it shielded" or "as if it safeguarded".
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"The law protects everyone and often the way it's designed it ends up looking to the public as if it insufficiently protects the innocent.
I cook broccoli endlessly, as if it will protect them against the dangers of the outside world; small green spears as a weapon to wield against all manner of attack.
And again, it looked as if it was being protected.
This unnamed man slid an entire Venetian blind onto his spine and popped the hood of his jacket over it, as if to protect it.
This unnamed man – who I wish to believe is the reincarnation of Jesus of Nazareth – slid an entire Venetian blind onto his spine and popped the hood of his jacket over it, as if to protect it.
A government that looks as if it won't protect the integrity of its currency will generate panic the kind of panic we experienced in 1987.
Rather, they direct it as if they were protecting it, they close it up and close the world out; hitched to their stars, they weigh their stars down and prevent them from taking flight; they get in the way of their stars and keep them from shining.
We can't sell the painting!" His father took up a position in front of the painting as if to protect it from his son.
Once inside the gallery, all technology disappears and there are basic, silk-screened copies of encyclopedia pages covered by plexiglass (as if already protected for impending damage) that are left to preserve mankind. .
Now she eased the rein and hobble and simply lay atop the horse as if protecting it from the sky.
I followed close behind her and I said, "Mary Joplin?" She pulled the buggy back against her, as if protecting it, before she turned: just her head, her gaze inching over her shoulder, wary.
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