Sentence examples for fending off attacking from inspiring English sources

Which brings us to the essence of the challenge for Raonic and his new coach: both Murray and Djokovic dominate by fending off attacking players.

Amid autograph requests, news conferences and fending off attacking rivals, as he did on Stage 9 on Sunday, Froome has done his best to stay calm, though he broke down briefly on the rest day Monday — calling the doping questions that he faces from journalists after each stage "disrespectful".

Rebels constantly fire machine guns into the air to try to fend off attacking warplanes.

Encountering Mog as the leader of a moogle village, she helps him fend off attacking monsters.

Indonesia's anticorruption commission has been fending off attacks from Parliament and the police aimed at weakening its powers.

Someone captured the moment on video and posted it on YouTube, and Mr. McCain found himself fending off attacks.

|  At one recent conference, the private equity industry was compared to a meek kitten, fending off attacks from canine regulators and critics in the press.

Their nominal boss, Mr Chernomyrdin, is on the defensive, fending off attacks from Mr Nemtsov against the energy companies of which he is patron.

Public television is too often in a defensive crouch, fending off attacks by right-wing groups that accuse it of liberal bias.

Candidates found themselves fending off attacks on their records, and a shifting field threatened to throw some campaign strategies into disarray.

Already hemorrhaging jobs and profits, and fending off attacks by its own irate regulators, the City — Europe's financial hub — now fears that its ability to pay bankers will be drastically curtailed.