Sentence examples for deeply defensive from inspiring English sources

The military mind-set is also deeply defensive.

The result was a fan community that felt intrinsically involved in her beautiful dark twisted fantasy, and deeply defensive of their hardy heroine.

Obviously, the Republicans are in deeply defensive mode this year.

It was deeply defensive in posture and construed directly to compete and ultimately prevail over secularism and socialism.

I also saw a good deal of mazy, innovative, one-versus-one running skill; some sharp and accurate offloading; and, especially in the knockout stages, some deeply committed defensive work, be it of the head-on variety or in the scramble.

The options range from deeply apologetic to defensive and deflective of blame.

That said, there is no cure for narcissism, so if you're with someone who lavishes praise and attention on you, yet lashes out and becomes deeply wounded and defensive when they face criticism or failure, there's only one thing you can really do, Talley says: "Run".

They have retreated to a deeply familiar posture: the defensive cringe.

The expected censure of Syria comes at a time when Mr. Assad's government has been thrown on the defensive by a deeply incriminating report on the Hariri killing delivered Oct. 20 by Detlev Mehlis, the German prosecutor who leads the United Nations investigation.

Obama and the Democrats are on the defensive, weakened politically and facing deeply climate-skeptical incoming Republicans.

He would played at the European Championships had the Olympic team manager also taken the national side to Poland but he was part of a central defensive axis with West Ham United's James Tomkins which looked deeply, deeply uncomfortable.