Sentence examples for rear guard from inspiring English sources

"The Tea Party is a rear guard, not a vanguard.

Louis IX, stricken in turn, dragged himself along in the rear guard of his disintegrating force.

Gomez ordered him to remain in a precarious military position the rear guard.

On the cultural front, this agenda can manifest itself in bizarre rear guard actions.

But so far as architecture is concerned, it is more a part of the rear guard.

A rear guard pulled credentials from the Wallet apps and Touch I.D.s on visitors' phones.

"It's a rear-guard action," he said.

But the rear-guard camp may serve another purpose soon.

Moscow may be fighting a doomed rear-guard action against perceived U.S. hegemony.

It has sounded like rear-guard actions preserving what they see as their accomplishments.

Their detractors see a people threatening rear-guard political action, or a people left behind.