Sentence examples for be a defensive position from inspiring English sources

"That would appear to me to be a defensive position.

It's a defensive position.

Never forget that pitcher is a defensive position.

"It's a defensive position," said Kevin Murphy, an analyst at Morgan Stanley.

JD: "There is a clear weakness in the Scottish midfield and Sean Lamont is a wing playing at centre, which is a defensive position.

As a former professional football player, Kemp knew that this was a defensive position that could never win; at most, it could slow down Democratic spending.

Irony is a defensive position, against reality.

In such a setting, the political initiative comes from social or minority forces, whereas governmental authorities are likely to be in a defensive position and want to defeat the proposals in a referendum vote.

What I don't like is just to be in a defensive position.

And I have the talent to not miss much, and to come back from very tough positions, to be in a defensive position and pass very quickly to an aggressive position.

Mr. Dewhurst, so confident in the primary that he has run a Rose Garden campaign, limiting his exposure to debates and forums that would put him on stage with the pack, would be in a defensive position in the runoff.