Sentence examples for could to defend from inspiring English sources

People picked up what they could to defend themselves against armed, masked commandos who were shooting".

"I vowed to do everything I could to defend the title for him.

People picked up what they could to defend themselves against armed, masked commandos who were shooting". The violence was "initiated by the Israelis on a massive scale," she said, adding she was pleased her colleagues on the Rachel Corrie, an Irish vessel, were continuing to Gaza this weekend.

Lycos' management did the best they could to defend the deal, claiming that yesterday's 25 percent drop in the price of Lycos stock showed the deal was "misunderstood".

He located the Brigade-Major, Walter Cass, and ordered him to gather what men he could to defend the ridge.

In fact, she and Sarah virtually ganged up on the poor woman, who did all she could to defend herself.

It means noticing everyone, everything they could do to you, and everything you could use to defend yourself.

But before I could begin to defend myself Conn was backtracking.

Long gone are the days when bowlers could try to defend for 50 overs.

… there are plenty of things one could say to defend Romney on the merits of what he says here.

But the Justice Department, which represents the C.I.A. in court, could decline to defend questionable invocations of the doctrine.