Sentence examples for defensive make from inspiring English sources

Over the years, I've noticed, the people who get defensive make the least progress.

You can fight it, go on the defensive, make disparaging claims about "Get Lucky" being a rehash of every Chic song ever written, and describe Random Access Memories as nothing more than the bloated experiment of two overfunded Studio 54-fetishists.

But there are risks in waiting, too: Ahmadinejad could win without any help; or a reformist victory could put the clerics on the defensive, making them more determined to block a deal with America.

It meant neutering institutions like the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and Legal Aid and even putting universities and colleges on the defensive, making them fearful that they could lose funding if their faculty and student bodies appeared too progressive.

Saying no for so long has put their Israeli rivals constantly on the defensive, made the Palestinians the world's loudest victims and brought them billions in foreign aid.

A cat that is in pain or is ill can become defensive making it more likely to attack.

If the person gets defensive, makes excuses, or continues lying during the confrontation, it's time to bring out the evidence.

Hibernian's defensive make-over neither strengthened nor weakened the home side, as the visitors remained, until those late interventions, as unthreatening as they had been, with the odd exception, from the start.

The escalation of his effort in Iowa, along with a more aggressive schedule in New Hampshire and an expanding presence in South Carolina, is the strongest indication yet that Mr. Romney is shifting from a defensive, make-no-mistakes crouch to an assertive offensive strategy.

Normally when that happens and you get someone on the defensive, they make bad decisions.

But when defensive backs make bad plays, it puts us in position to lose".