Sentence examples for are very defensive from inspiring English sources

"Many people when they come in here are very defensive after living on the streets.

"The problem with many art fairs today, especially these days when we don't have a booming market, is that many galleries are very defensive, they don't take risks".

"It's an incredibly sensitive issue that gay men are very defensive about," said Todd, "because we fought so long to say we're equal, we're happy with who we are.

Universities are very defensive about patents; they argue that they need these to protect their ideas and inventions.

"They try to hide the problem and they are very defensive, you tell them you have a problem they'll say no, you have a bigger problem," Lerner said.

"I guess, I think some employers are very defensive in their views of back pain as well cause they don't want to be in a position where they seem to be making things worse and putting themselves legally vulnerable so, so that's a potential barrier".

In our defense — and I am very defensive — nothing we did is particularly strange in the Hamptons, where restaurants offer more deals than eBay.

He was very defensive.

It's very defensive".

He is very defensive.

They're very defensive and on edge".