"I'll walk up with you," he said protectively.

He gazed down at her protectively, with a good-natured appreciative condescension.

Jennifer's hands went protectively to her belly.

" Something in her voice, low though it was, made him draw nearer still, massively, protectively.

We also saw a bird that really was protectively colored; a kind of whippoorwill which even the sharp-eyed naturalists could only make out because it moved its head.

Between courses she sat at the end of the room, waiting in the shadows till Miriam beckoned to her, and once or twice going so far as to put her hand upon Spinrobin's shoulder protectively.