Sentence examples for like defenders from inspiring English sources

They defended like defenders who don't defend together regularly, attacked like attackers who don't attack together regularly, and teamed like a team who don't team together regularly.

Advocacy groups like Defenders of Wildlife acknowledge the problem of wolves preying on livestock.

He would have appreciated the work of Eddie, whose players looked like defenders without the ball and attackers with it during that bright opening.

So when his critics, here and abroad, claim that his rhetoric merely provides cynical cover for an American power grab, they misjudge his sincerity and tend to sound like defenders of the status quo.

On the other, upping his wages will put the club under pressure to follow suit with other key players - like defenders Mats Hummels and Neven Subotic, for example.

"If Harry sees someone he likes then he'll try to go out and get them, but at the moment we have a strong squad, and players like defenders Michael Dawson and midfielder Tom Huddlestone are waiting to come back from injury".

"When I was a kid I never really liked defenders - or defending.

"They were the father and the son-like defender of American 'liberties' in this odd version of history, each achieving a godlike character in their own time," wrote David Blight, a professor of history at Yale University.

That includes players like defender Tyler Ruthven, who was with the club last season but whose option was declined.

Now he might start on Friday because midfielder Jermaine Jones, like defender Timmy Chandler, is suspended because of yellow card accumulation.

Many have criticized Lippi for relying on aging players, like defender Fabio Cannavaro, 36, and midfielder Gennaro Gattuso, 32, who both showed their years against Slovakia.