Sentence examples for defend in the face of from inspiring English sources

But the biggest irritant of all right now is Syria, a longtime ally whose leader Russia has continued to defend in the face of condemnation from the West over Mr. Assad's bloody crackdown on protesters who support democracy.

Abdulkarim, who is of Armenian and Kurdish background, embodies the cultural diversity of which Syrians were once proud – and which he remains determined to defend in the face of disintegration and hatred.

Much of her attention is focused on the band, Overtone, which she discovered while Mr. Eastwood was making "Invictus," and particularly on its lead singer, Emile, whose looks and character she loudly defends in the face of her family's wisecracks.

The criticism focused on Mr. Blair's decision to commit British troops to the toppling of Saddam Hussein, which he often defended, in the face of fierce criticism, as "the right thing to do".

But people close to Mr. Bush say he was encouraged that many Republicans who won tough races for the Senate and House on Nov. 5 defended, in the face of ferocious Democratic attacks, the principle of allowing workers to invest a share of their payroll taxes in the financial markets.

I have often wondered how I would have slept if I'd had to do what Lobdell did from 2001 to 2004: talk to traumatized survivors; watch indifferent bishops try to brush the abuse under the rug; and, perhaps worst of all, see the victims pilloried as bad Catholics, and the priests defended in the face of all evidence.

Supporters of the Prime Minister are calling for a Roman-style "praetorian guard" to publicly defend him in the face of criticism if the Conservative Party fails to win the general election.

The Syrian government remained defiant, vowing to defend itself in the face of any attack.

Israel was right to defend itself in the face of "indiscriminate" attacks in Gaza last summer, David Cameron has said.

"We've always known here how to defend ourselves in the face of adversity," Mr. Kerloc'h said.

In an interview last year, I asked a former high-ranking administration official if the United States would defend Taiwan in the face of a Chinese attack.