Sentence examples for thin guard from inspiring English sources

Suddenly, there was a tall, thin guard at my right shoulder.

An already thin guard corps was down to its nub after Redick and Stephenson hurt their ankles, though both were eventually cleared to return.

His shoulder pads essentially consist of foam framing, and his elbows are protected by little more than thin guards.

But the rebels also know that Surt had proved insurmountable for their fighters even before they were stretched thin guarding Tripoli to the west.

Johnson was the Atlanta Hawks' 2000 lottery pick, a pencil-thin guard chosen No. 6 after spending one year at the University of Cincinnati.

AROUND THE NATION The North Carolina junior swingman Marcus Ginyard is nursing a sprained ankle and an injured toe, leaving the No. 5 Tar Heels with few options at an already thin point guard position.

And that there was no decent plan for the occupation or for financing one, no plan for rotating or supporting troops stretched too thin to guard ammunition caches or police a fractious society, and no plan for getting out.

But it had been tough for Taylor, a 6-foot-3 pencil-thin point guard, to see the floor.

Four thin brigades guarded the ridges near Sharpsburg, primarily a low plateau known as Cemetery Hill.

The Knicks have been thin at shooting guard and small forward all season.

Without Crawford and Mardy Collins (who was sent to the Clippers in the Randolph deal), the Knicks have been thin at shooting guard all season.