Sentence examples for called upon to defend from inspiring English sources

Lawyers are frequently called upon to defend the indefensible.

Very little," said an executive whom Mr. Greenberg has called upon to defend him.

"We may be called upon to defend those laws, and defend them we will.

They fiercely resisted assimilation, and were repeatedly called upon to defend themselves and their traditions.

In 1960 he was called upon to defend his actions regarding a test ban before a congressional subcommittee.

If you are an African online you will, at one stage, be called upon to defend your country on Twitter.

That means Poles must be ready, if called upon, to help defend Turkey or Spain, just as America and Britain are committed to defending Germany or Greece.

"It may come a time that you as citizens may be called upon to help defend the citizens of this county against all enemies foreign and domestic that want to do us harm or kill us," Antony wrote.

He then sought emergency decree powers from Venezuela's Congress, mobilized troops, and called upon Venezuelans to defend their country from an imminent U.S. "aggression".

They called upon Catholics to defend order and religion against the bourgeois Republic.

But they owed us sound judgment, clear thinking, concern for our welfare, a guarantee that the threat to our country was equal to the price we might be called upon to pay in defending it.