Sentence examples for more defensive in from inspiring English sources

That has favoured those sectors which are more defensive in nature.

"Consumers have become even more defensive in their spending behavior," said Shuji Shirota, an economist at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein.

Posada fell behind no balls and two strikes, became more defensive in his swing, batting left-handed.

Wales started boldly, scoring six tries in their opening two matches, but gradually became more defensive in their approach.

"There's a tendency in many politicians to become inward-looking, more protectionist, more nationalistic and more defensive, in the bad sense of the word," he said.

She said the tensions were hardly new, but that the press was becoming more defensive in part because of the constant scrutiny under the lights.

He also states that managers often tell him he needs to track back more and do more defensive work in matches — in-turn offering more protection to the full back.

(Heresy though it may be to say, even Bobby Orr made more defensive errors in a game than Drew Doughty has in a lifetime).

Selection-wise, he has three calls to make: one, whether to play Mathieu Bodmer (technical but slow) or Kim Kallstrom (more physical, and a slightly more defensive choice) in midfield; two, whether to keep Fred (three goals in two games) in the side and risk upsetting the balance of the normal 4-3-3 - whIch I don't expect to happen; three, crucially, whether to start with Cris.

This season, he implemented a more defensive system in training camp, and the result has been more support for Leclaire.

Green Dot's union — affiliated with the statewide teachers' association rather than with the more defensive one in Los Angeles — would protect them from arbitrary dismissal.