Sentence examples for defensive shell from inspiring English sources

After the Espeseth goal, and needing only a tie to qualify for the postseason, the Power went into a defensive shell, dropping Espeseth from midfield to defense and leaving Milbrett to fend for herself on the offense.

But as soon as Reagan and his henchmen went to work to build a brighter nineteenth century, liberals rushed to the defense of the status quo, to triangulate the existing regime into a permanent defensive shell against the anti-modernist forces.

Two words: defensive shell.

"You can't go into a defensive shell.

The Rangers went into a defensive shell in the third period, allowing only four shots on goal.

Roberto Mancini's men deserved their win after slowly emerging from their defensive shell to give a powerful, positive performance.

Far too often, we've seen defensive shells created around penalty areas, and attacking teams resorting to long-range shots or hopeful crosses with nobody to meet them.

For example, reproductive strategy may be influenced by predator abundance, and this in turn may affect defensive aspects of shell structure as well.

To address this issue we assess whether the similarity of shell defensive traits among nearby populations can be attributed to either geographic proximity or genetic similarity [ 23- 25].

They have hurriedly pulled themselves into defensive positions inside their shells, like turtles.

The Georgian side suggested that its troop movements were not intended as the beginning of an all-out push to retake the enclave, but were rather a defensive effort to prevent shelling from the other side.