Sentence examples for defensive in the case from inspiring English sources

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Benghazi has become a magic word, thrown out whenever Republicans are angry or defensive; in the case of Bridgegate, it was somehow invoked in defense of Chris Christie.

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Being defensive, in this case, means limiting allocations to both the most economically-sensitive stocks as well as the highest-yield stocks.

The ferocity of the attachments between Clinton and her staffers has been part of the story of her campaign; at times it has made them more defensive and probably (in the case of her private e-mail server) helped to trap Clinton into some bad choices.

The few aircraft on the Japanese flight decks at the time of the attack were either defensive fighters or, in the case of Sōryū, fighters being spotted to augment the task force defenses.

The cytotoxic properties of these enzymes are probably as a consequence of their role in defense, as in the case of frog oocyte RNases [ 39], or have evolved from a defensive role, as in the case of S-RNases [ 7].

Another obstacle with regard to re-establishing public health infrastructure is that many survivors become incoherent, irrational, difficult to motivate, isolated and defensive, as was the case in the Cayman Islands during Hurricane Ivan and in New Orleans during Katrina.

Once again, Mr. Bush was put on the defensive about the underlying issue in the case, the administration's use of intelligence to justify the invasion of Iraq.

As in the case of defensive lineman Shane Dronett who committed suicide in 2009 after three years of paranoia, constant bad dreams and periods of confusion caused by the brain damage sustained during his career.

In the case of a legitimate defensive war or peacekeeping operation, the military could generally deploy troops just as quickly from domestic bases as from most bases abroad.

In the case of Acromyrmex, this defensive barrier is reinforced with anti-fungal secreting bacteria.

Another evidence sustains the involvement of other aging-related molecules in the COPD process, as in the case of Nrf2 that plays a critical defensive role against oxidative and cytotoxic stress [ 51].

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