Sentence examples for are defended from inspiring English sources
verb
To ward off, repel (an attack or attacker).
Yet these decisions are defended or advocated in persuasive style.
These striking claims are defended by considering a small number of historical examples of revolutionary change.
Around the country, the indigent are defended by a hodgepodge of systems and financing sources.
New taxes are portrayed as job-killers, while tax breaks are defended as job creators.
"Terrorists should perceive that potential targets are defended," the report says.
Plays that don't work are defended because they worked last year.
His prices are defended by Leon Dalva, a French furniture dealer in New York.
And that's usually the problem with these cases, how they are defended, adjudicated and publicly digested.
It's unlikely they're making sure those coffeemakers are defended from malware as well.
The current rule and its anti-competitive stance are defended as being economically necessary as well as being administratively manageable.
Feeding territories are defended by pairs when breeding, but individually during the rest of the year (Hilty 2003).
