Sentence examples for fending off critics from inspiring English sources

But Ms. Beckham is still fending off critics from inside an armor of self-deprecation.

Back then, Fed officials were fending off critics who complained that they were ignoring signs of looming inflation.

Despite his celebrity as a philosopher, Mr. Lévy has a long history of fending off critics who have attacked his research.

But despite his celebrity as a philosopher, Mr. L? has a long history of fending off critics who have attacked his research on both sides of the Atlantic.

Sheik Khatib found himself fending off critics from within the anti-Assad movement who objected to his even speaking with an Israeli reporter, though by all accounts he did not initially realize that Mr. Bergman was an Israeli.

Ever since negotiators finished work on a nuclear agreement with Iran, President Obama and his aides have been fending off critics with a recurring refrain: What's the alternative?

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 - Fannie Mae, the housing-finance giant, for years has fended off critics who contend that the company is too big, too powerful and too risky.

Many people wore T-shirts saying, "I am a genius," a statement Ivanisevic gave to fend off critics who said that he was only a big server.

As the outbreak spread around the world, the administration fended off critics who called on the president to ban international travel and close the borders.

Financial analysts say the company's executives regard themselves as stewards of the housing market who have to fend off critics who might otherwise disrupt its sensitive operations.

Beyond his apparent defense of Justices Thomas and Kagan, the chief justice used the report to fend off critics who say Supreme Court justices should be bound by the same code of judicial ethics that applies to other federal judges.