Words similar to rear-guard

Example sentences for: rear-guard

How can you use “rear-guard” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Here and around the tree-shaded Square St-Louis, nicely restored or equally nicely battered Victorian gingerbread mansions and iron-staircased row houses fight a picturesque rear-guard action against the encroachment of the modern red-brick blocks of the university.
But not to worry: The left's victories are rear-guard actions.
Still, it is hard to escape the feeling that these are rear-guard actions.