Sentence examples for becoming defensive from inspiring English sources

Those who are on a fixed income, watching their savings dwindle, for whom life has become no more than managing decline – who would blame them for becoming defensive, holding on to what they have and what they know?

How do you avoid becoming defensive?

At the same time, Google was becoming defensive.

Of course, Brin insisted that Google was not becoming defensive.

Try to answer supervisors' questions without arguing or becoming defensive.

And staying in the discomfort of a colleague's anger without shutting off or becoming defensive.

As he rose in Tennessee — he was a defensive assistant, special-teams coach and linebackers coach before becoming the defensive coordinator — Williams began to engender the unswerving loyalty of those who defend him now.

Maybe management is becoming overly defensive.

Later, she noticed them becoming more defensive.

Who says the sport is becoming more defensive?

The government's strategy is becoming increasingly defensive.