Sentence examples for defenders held from inspiring English sources

Harris noted: At best, it was a halfway measure, but its defenders held that it was better than nothing.

And while they made a difference, while the Neapolitan side was pinned back on its heels for the final exchanges, De Sanctis and his defenders held out.

For 13 days the Alamo's defenders held out, but on the morning of March 6 the Mexicans stormed through a breach in the outer wall of the courtyard and overwhelmed the Texan forces.

The striker had tied up central defenders, held up the ball and made space for secondary runners to exploit and he had also been much more involved in the game than in, say, the forlorn outing against Ukraine this winter, at the height of his Sunderland woes.

Munster number eight Robin Copeland also caught the eye as he found a huge whole in the Ospreys midfield to charge into the home 22, but the Welsh defenders held firm to turn over possession from a dangerous position.

The Arabs now launched repeated attacks on the breach, but the defenders held firm.

Similarly, the salon's most loyal defenders hold little hope of stopping people from free-riding.

Nowadays, she and the other defenders hold the ball and help build the attack.

Randle had just 5 catches for 32 yards in those slugfests, with Dre' Kirkpatrick and other defenders holding him in check the whole game.

But many of the British defenders, holding redoubts or strong points rather than continuous trench lines, found themselves cut off by the German advance.

However, defenders hold that it is reasonable to consider the pragmatic stakes in considering evidence for a belief that underlies significant action (See Fantl and McGrath 2007).