Sentence examples for defends from inspiring English sources
verb
Third person singular of defend
Even now, five years after the US closed down Bucca, the Pentagon defends the camp as an example of lawful policy for a turbulent time.
Rather than "aping the left", Ukip could attract voters by setting itself up as the party of the people rather than one that defends big corporations, he said.
"PEN honors & defends 'freedom of expression' but not all 'expression' – it is selective," she added.
Julio Barea, responsible for Greenpeace Spain's campaign against oil exploration in the country, said: "Now we know who defends Repsol while the environment is not defended by the ministry for justice.
Kaberuka defends African countries using non-renewable energy sources.
Despite this experience, the reader defends McDonald's.
"But we do so in a way that actually protects and defends the interests of British people.
As for PEN, it defends the award as being not about the artistic merit of the cartoons.
On the other hand, he defends much of what is labelled as bureaucracy.
March 2014 Jenkins defends increasing bonuses by 10% after a 32% fall in profits.
The troubles at PEN America have been bubbling up since March, when the US branch of the international organisation that defends endangered writers and fights censorship announced Charlie Hebdo would receive its freedom of expression award for courage at its annual fundraising gala in New York on 5 May.
