Examples of “ward” in a Sentence

noun A section of a hospital where patients with similar needs are cared for.

• She was moved to the maternity ward after the birth.
• Visiting hours on the children's ward begin at two o'clock.
• The nurse walked along the ward checking on each patient.

noun An administrative division of a city, town, or borough.

• The councillor represents the northern ward of the city.
• Voters in each ward elect a councillor to represent them.
• Our ward has a new community center near the station.

noun A person, especially a child, under the legal protection of a guardian.

• After her parents died, she became a ward of the state.
• The judge appointed an aunt as guardian of the young ward.
• The old lawyer looked after his ward until she turned eighteen.

verb To repel or turn aside something threatening (usually with "off").

• He raised his arm to ward off the blow.
• She wore a scarf to ward off the cold wind.
• Garlic is said to ward off evil spirits in the old story.