Sentence examples for defensive definition from inspiring English sources

And I suppose I say that because I'm very sceptical about the modern, gated, defensive definition of family.

Yet it remained a thoroughly defensive definition of Englishness - one that was formulated in bitter awareness that the world was actually moving in the opposite direction.

Schwartz: Nations are defined against other nations as "us" against "them"—with aggressive and defensive definitions of borders.

Unfortunately, no one ever finished digging a foxhole: A defensive position, by definition, is never finished, and should be improved as long as the area is held.

sniper fire is followed by fourteen hours of Israeli bombardment, that is stretching the definition of defensive action too far".

The actions of the gunman, George Zimmerman, come amid a well-financed, nationwide effort by the National Rifle Association to reduce requirements for carrying concealed guns legally and to expand the legal definition of defensive gun use through "shoot first" legislation like that in place in Florida.

This, by my definition, is defensive mode.

Sir John's soothing words about the NGOs recall General Douglas MacArthur's one-word definition of defensive warfare: "Defeat".

Defensive soccer is not by definition unglamorous.

This deal is the definition of a defensive merger.

Their season-opening four-game stretch, dominated by offensive breakdowns and defensive volatility, has muddled the definition, creating a crisis of identity and personality.