He had shielded his own feelings, and sacrificed hers.
"The Man from Jericho"
Edwin Carlile Litsey
She was a "young person" to be protected, and kept in the background, and guarded from evil, and sheltered, so that she should not even hear of anything improper, and shielded from temptation to do wrong, or to do anything, indeed, right or wrong.
"Dickens As an Educator"
James L. (James Laughlin) Hughes
Now and then some one gave them a sidelong glance of wonder; but Travis went on in a steady, business-like manner; and the guardian of the square shielded them from undue curiosity.
"In Wild Rose Time"
Amanda M. Douglas