Sentence examples for defensible ground from inspiring English sources
By the late 4th and 5th centuries, Roman fortresses were being built on easily defensible ground with irregular outlines that conformed to the topography; clearly, passive defense had become the dominant design consideration.
Neutral villages of bark-covered houses were situated on high, defensible ground; their economy was based on agriculture, supplemented by game, which was plentiful in this area.
If Romney is merely saying that he will restore some of what was lost in that fall, he's on defensible ground.
Similarly, the novel's implication that the Union general Buford's delaying action west of Gettysburg was intended to preserve defensible ground south of the town for Gen. George Meade's army has become the received wisdom.
The Iraq group would have been on defensible ground had it suggested that the U.S., far from protecting an infant democracy from reactionary thugs, had instead been drawn into a round-robin struggle for political power, religious primacy and oil wealth.
In July, the division was holding on the "Iron Triangle," strategically important and defensible ground.
And there were sweet and human aspects, but also much, much bickering and legally defensible grounds for divorce or, quite possibly, a bijou gun rampage.
"With the work she is doing laying out a compelling vision of standing up for regular people, building a capable and diverse team, engaging with people on all sides of the issues, it gets harder and harder to see what defensible grounds anyone might find for opposing her confirmation".
By July 30, the 24th Infantry had withdrawn to the last defensible high ground west of Sangju, 3 mile from the town.
So, Aristotle supposes, there are defensible teleological grounds for treating animals as essentially capable of perceiving (De Anima ii 3, 414b6 9, 434a30 b4; De Sensu 1, 436b16 17).
Violent movies, I would argue, are far more easily defensible on moral grounds, as are gangsta rap and first-person shooter video games.
