Sentence examples for actively defends from inspiring English sources
Courtship behaviour has many advantages and functions, including the reduction of hostility between the potential sex partners, especially in species in which the male actively defends a territory.
Previous recipients of this prize, for a writer who actively defends free speech at a risk to their own safety, include Mazen Darwish, Roberto Saviano and Lydia Cacho.
The Abdullah Azzam Brigades have sworn to attack military targets linked to Iran or Hezbollah, as long as the militant group actively defends the regime of Bashar al-Assad, but have said they won't attack Shia civilians.
The Pacific leaping blenny, Alticus arnoldorum, has such terrestrial habits that it actively defends a terrestrial territory, and will retreat into moist burrows in the rocks when the tide recedes, to await its return.
To counteract parasite growth, the host adapts physiologically (for example, iron-withholding [ 9]) or actively defends itself with an immune response.
Davitt actively defended the Nationalists before the Parnell Commission (1887 89).
Most woodpeckers actively defend territories, often throughout the year.
It was bad enough that his mother was actively defending him to the news media.
As the state's chief lawyer, he successfully prosecuted Democrats and kept pressure on Wall Street while actively defending consumers.
No evidence has yet been released to indicate whether these people were actively defending their homes or passively sheltering from the fire.
"Japan's desire to develop the means to actively defend itself to threats such as North Korea's provocations is real, growing and perfectly understandable," he said.
