Sentence examples for has been playing defense from inspiring English sources

It has been playing defense for nearly two years over allegations that it failed to adequately combat the spread of phony news reports and Russian disinformation during the 2016 presidential election.

Since Trump's presidential campaign began, Peña Nieto's government has been playing defense against insulting rhetoric, calls for a border wall and threats of significant losses in the trading relationship with the United States.

In a book he published last year, "The Conscience of a Liberal" (Random House), Mr. Wellstone wrote, "I feel as if 80percentt of my work as a senator has been playing defense, cutting the extremist enthusiasms of the conservative agenda (much of which originates in the House) rather than moving forward on a progressive agenda".

Apple and HTC have been battling over patent infringement since Apple first filed suit in March 2010 — and up until recently HTC has been playing defense.

The Loop firm of McAndrews & Norgle, and its predecessor Gurber & McAndrews, has been playing defense against the Gordon and Wolfe blitz.

Democrats have been playing defense on law-and-order issues since Michael Dukakis got creamed in the 1988 election.

For too long we have been playing defense — hanging on to the memories of the good old days, wishing and hoping that we don't lose them.

Greg Prince, a Mormon businessman and pathology researcher in Washington who is helping to organize the event, said: "It's not just that Mormon Democrats, particularly in Utah, have been playing defense.

I told people that it seemed to me the company had been playing defense since Dave's death, and although that was understandable, we needed to get back on offense to remain competitive.

He said that while "the last couple of days could have gone better," the main cost to the Clinton campaign had been "playing defense instead of offense" while parrying questions about her health.

They had been playing defense relentlessly, trying to stop their season from sliding out of control, when forward Nigel Dawes skated into the offensive zone with no teammates to help him and no indication that he would alter the course of the game.