Toggle navigation
fatLingo
TOEFL Words
Academic Words
Sign In
Sentence example with the word 'protective'
protective
careful, conservative, covering, defensive, guarding, jealous, possessive, preserving, prophylactic, saving, self-preservative, shielding, watchful
Definition
adj.
intended or adapted to afford protection of some kind
Last update: July 9, 2015
2
Epithelial tissue is a
protective
sheath for body organs.
a
n
v
d
[Please select]
0
In all hoofed animals--antelope, deer, horses--the
protective
colouration is also adapted to habitat and environment.
a
n
v
d
[Please select]
0
In the whole realm of Nature there is nothing more wonderful than this matter of
protective
colouration.
a
n
v
d
[Please select]
0
Upon crabs Nature has bestowed twin
protective
characteristics: namely, they are armoured, and also mimic their surroundings.
a
n
v
d
[Please select]
0
In this case the armour is of no use, while the
protective
resemblance saves the crab.
a
n
v
d
[Please select]
0
If it's only a great pity--if it's only the
protective
instinct--" "Hush.
a
n
v
d
[Please select]
Do you have a better example in your mind? Please submit your sentence!
Submit
protections
- protective -
protectively
USE IN A SENTENCE
RECENT
unmarred
beckoned
dizen
tawdry
funnier
usury
vicinity
unrivalled
silex
shower
resent
expedients
commiserate
comradeship
candelabrum
...
POPULAR
demography
abash
glutton
fallacious
inveigle
urbanization
prodigy
abscond
wanderlust
affluent
insatiable
vivacious
foreword
dauntless
delegation
lacerate
eavesdrop
gambol
rambunctious
hypocritical
concatenate
gobble
plutocracy
curveting
belligerent
dyslexia
chronicle
fearless
jaunt
decorum
lambaste
valediction
finicky
bough
outgoing
...
TOP CONTRIBUTORS
Username
Points
hardcore
7857
babyrules
2901
Nemo
1222
nowhere
1095
Aralis
1025
alman777
413
micmac
408