Sentence examples for defend rather from inspiring English sources

Balotelli said nothing, but his coach, Mancini, chose to defend rather than to reproach him.

You can also hack into security systems and turrets to make them defend rather than attack you.

As it happens, the heroes defend rather than avenge, but at least this formulation is snappy and comprehensible.

The aim should not be to stigmatize the police but to insure that they serve to defend rather than attack the right to peaceable protest.

The Belgian's development into a forward willing to track back and defend, rather than focusing merely upon bamboozling opponents at the other end, is another of Mourinho's triumphs.

NATO meant that America "would fight in the first day" of the third world war as opposed to showing up later; the American army "would defend rather than liberate Western Europe".

His effort took a deflection on its way wide - chalk it up to good defending rather than a missed sitter.

Now that the once revolutionary Chinese Communist Party has become the ancien regime, its leaders find themselves confronting the challenge of defending rather than overthrowing the status quo.

This was a far from swanky performance, with victory secured by a scruffy goal from Per Mertesacker and solid defending rather than sparkling attacking.

Referees will be more likely to restrict their comments to technical concerns that are easily defended, rather than advising on necessarily more subjective issues such as conceptual novelty and general interest.

The struggle will be to maintain openness and tolerance as the norm, the values that our children absorb into their identities naturally to be defended rather than be defensive about.