Sentence examples for vigorously guarded from inspiring English sources
The Bloomberg administration had vigorously guarded its data, even from many of the city's highest-ranking politicians, and those outside of City Hall scrambled on Thursday to get their first glimpse at the results of one of New York's most radical experiments in a generation.
With the power to wage war increasingly concentrated in the hands of the president, Congress has vigorously guarded its control over military expenditures, and this year's request by the Pentagon for $10 billion with no strings attached left members of both parties uneasy.
The site where the "Maltese Mushroom" grew (Fungus Rock) was thereafter vigorously guarded and thieves were imprisoned or made galley slaves.
Microsoft shares some source code with partner companies, but in general vigorously guards that information from outsiders.
Once glimpsed, democracy was vigorously fought for; once achieved, it was jealously guarded.
In an essay in the Journal of American History, a historian, Robert E. Desrochers Jr., wrote: "No parsimonious Yankee, white or black, guarded his freedom or his money more vigorously than Smith.
In a surprising reversal of long-standing policy, the company, which once kept its designers' identities as closely guarded as that of a C.I.A. field operative, has been vigorously promoting a roster of new designers, each with an impressive pedigree.
Hereford jealously guarded his authority as hereditary Constable of England, and protested vigorously when the Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester was appointed commander of the forces in South Wales.
But Mr Clark is confident the structure of the deal should guard against this.The deal goes some way to answering critics who complained that Merck was not acting as vigorously as competitors in buying rivals and moving into new markets.
