Sentence examples for defending off from inspiring English sources

"There have always been ups and downs in the America's Cup, says Bertelli, who recalled the break-up of an Australian boat off San Diego and the dismasting of Team New Zealand when defending off Auckland.

Carter will have to defend off guards.

Playing with a new-found self-belief, Murray surged into the final at Flushing Meadows and managed to hold off everything defending champion Djokovic threw at him to triumph in four hours and 54 minutes.

He's finding some sharp movement back into the right-hander off the seam and Mahela, who isn't having the best of series, doesn't look entirely comfortable as he defends off the back foot.

Lib Dem ministers deserve praise not just for their stance on defending check-off, but other measures to restrict unions and reduce rights at work.

One oil executive pledged $1 million to Mr. Rangel, who insists there was no quid pro quo in his defending an off-shore tax loophole worth tens of millions to the donor.

No one in Congress wants to run for re-election in November defending the off-shore hole in the economy and $1 trillion deficits as far as the eye can see.

Shooting at the table to cause the ball to bounce can catch the defending player off-guard.

The race's key moment came just three corners in when Simoncelli and Lorenzo collided after the Italian lost grip of his bike and wiped the defending champion off the track.

"I also didn't understand the start, how you can be leading the race, defend, go off the track and not get a penalty?" Ricciardo asked.

The disadvantaged birds appeared to sacrifice take-off angle in order to defend take-off speed, a pattern that has also been observed with artificially weighted starlings (Witter et al., 1994).