Sentence examples for defensible that from inspiring English sources

Fighting is still a part of the N.H.L., although the more people who read about Derek Boogaard's heart-rending fate, the less defensible that is, and the Mets' fortunes are still sinking like a rock.

They wanted to know the quality of Invoca's technology, the market opportunity, the business model, its competitive position, and how defensible that position was.

The focus here is not on whether the law is defensible (that will come later), but rather on what the law is with all its inherent clarity, confusion, and controversy.

"I think it's defensible that at least once in the life of this parliament the issue should be tested, but not at the expense of the government's priorities".

But is it fair, or legally defensible, that Ms. Lohman should be forced to deliver a voice-over about the "hauntingly distant prison collages" of her screen mother?

But it also seems to me at least worth mentioning, in the context of the question of whether the borders established by the 1949 armistice are "defensible", that Israel fought two wars from those borders.

Goldberg (2013) agrees but has argued that a philosopher who knows there are "epistemic peers" on the opposite side of an issue can still appropriately adopt an attitude of regarding her own view as defensible because that attitude does not imply that the person believes her view is correct.

Less defensible is that authoritarian stagnation is used to lubricate business interests that, in Egypt's case, range from gas contracts with Italy to the provision of two warships from France.

Cable believes the coalition, after some false starts, has landed on a defensible policy that amounts to a graduate contribution based on the ability to pay.

Moreover, only start-ups with defensible businesses that exist in areas without incumbents will have the opportunity to become big companies, according to Mr. Sacks.

Rome was built on a defensible hill that dominated the last downstream, high-banked river crossing where traverse of the Tiber was facilitated by a midstream island.