Sentence examples for overly guarded from inspiring English sources

Her overly guarded demeanour, too, has drawn as much comment as her work.

There have also been discussions among officials in the Bush campaign about how to counter impressions, which many of the officials deem unfair, that Mr. Bush is insufficiently accessible and overly guarded.

Her campaign's handling of the episode has also exacerbated an impression that she is overly guarded, a trait that Clinton allies have long attributed to an endless feedback loop: She retreats to secrecy because she distrusts the news media, they say, creating a sense that there is something to hide, which makes reporters more wary.

He seemed paranoid, anxious, overly guarded, and overly distracted.

"Guys are excited but not overly excited," guard Chauncey Billups said.

Stories about her personal traits portrayed her as overly cautious and guarded and ran 3 to 1 negative.

The Gunlance has had a more substantial rework with an overheating mechanic, which at times feels overly harsh, but this can be guarded against by picking an art that negates the penalty.

Guarded even in his most intimate relationships, and wary of overly demanding entanglements, he too seems to have drawn back, time and again, from the moment of consummation (TS Eliot said "his work is incomplete as his experience was").

Those who are considering adopting should guard against overly inflated expectations, Ms. Gawboy said.

However, we must guard against overly restrictive legislation that could reduce the availability of credit to low- and moderate-income consumers and increase the costs for those who use their credit cards responsibly.

The expansion of Treg in the circulation and tissues of patients with cancer suggests that these cells downregulate antitumour responses, guarding from overly vigorous responses to self-antigens.