How to Use new guard in a Sentence

new guard

noun
  • And the difference between the old and new guard?
    — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 1 May 2026
  • And this year, a new guard of hotels is landing to shake the dust off the city’s hotel scene.
    — Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Still, Mazzulla has let his new guard hear about his mistakes on that end of the court.
    — Jay King, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • But at the very least, this postseason represents the arrival of a new guard.
    — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2026
  • In the Hamptons, old guard versus new guard doesn’t just apply to people.
    — Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 1 June 2026
  • The Bulls’ new guard group, somehow more crowded than ever, has more answers to squeeze out than two months might allow.
    — Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2026
  • College football desperately needs some new guard rails put in place to manage all these new capitalist trends and forces.
    — Tim Genske, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2025
  • Heading into the 1990s, a new guard of French talent had already arrived.
    — Tonya Blazio-Licorish, Footwear News, 26 May 2026
  • Some, like former first lady Michelle Obama, like to use their platform to support fashion’s new guard of designers.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 23 Dec. 2025
  • But this latest wave of high-fashion dining, with Gourdet and a new guard of culinary voices, suggests a palpable cultural shift.
    — Regan Stephens, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Nov. 2025
  • After losing John Simpson and Alijah Vera-Tucker in free agency, the Jets have added a new guard.
    — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The vegan scene that took root in the Near Southside neighborhood in the early 2000s is thriving, but the city still serves up plenty of barbecue at traditional joints and an innovative new guard.
    — Regan Stephens, Travel + Leisure, 24 Apr. 2026
  • As Kate Middleton and Prince William head up royal fashion’s new guard, the pair have introduced an era of high-low dressing, mixing affordable picks with designer splurges to create relatably regal looks.
    — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Across the major houses, a new guard of creative directors is reshaping luxury through a different approach to daytime dressing, digging into house archives and brand DNA and reworking familiar staples like trench coats, tweed, cocktail dresses and silk slips.
    — Alex Badia, Footwear News, 22 May 2026
  • The Bulls pulled the trigger on four trades between Saturday and Wednesday, picking up five second-round draft picks and three new guards while parting ways with Coby White, Nikola Vučević and Kevin Huerter.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2026
  • In Europe, the formation of Salon des Nouveaux Ensembliers is one of the boldest steps toward defining a new chapter of design, on the part of a national institution and toward pinpointing a distinct new guard composed of both established and emerging minds.
    — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2025

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