Sentence examples for defended things from inspiring English sources

"People think we are unprincipled, and to be fair for the last five years I have defended things I haven't agreed with to an extent," he said.

Writing in Slate Amanda Marcotte defended things like salacious slogans on teen lingerie by noting that the average American has sex by 17 and seven out of ten are sexually active by 19.

The danger for Labour in office is that we are seen to be defending things as they are.

It was a perfectly honorable job, but it obliged them to defend things they did not believe in.

He also defends things that drive wordies crazy, like the adjective "fun" and the verb phrase "try and".

New Yorkers often defend things with little redeeming value — black-and-white cookies, corner-store coffee — so it's no surprise that the old font has its adherents.

"With 6 million members not 13 million members … it is becoming increasingly difficult to defend things like defined benefit pensions in the private sector.

"It wasn't so much our preparation in terms of walking through plays, but following our normal rules of how we defend things," he said.

New Yorkers often defend things with little redeeming value black-and-white cookies, corner-store coffee—so it's no surprise that the old font has its adherents.

Now we are having to defend things we disapprove of, such as the glorification of terrorism or, indeed, calls for censorship.

Defending and finalizing and then defending things like the power sector and vehicle rules probably rised before and at this point, the administration can do what the Obama administration did and litter the terrain with chaff, essentially throw out rules to try to draw fires knowing that they will never probably finish them or they may just hunker down and really focus on a few core defenses.