Sentence examples for of the defending from inspiring English sources

The explosion killed many of the defending troops, but the resulting rubble impeded the attackers' progress, and the remaining defenders continued to offer staunch resistance.

We focus on cases of coordinated attacking passes between robots in the presence of the defending opponent robots.

City moved into third place, a point ahead of the defending champion, Chelsea.

He was ahead of the defending world champion, Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull.

He is 41 seconds ahead of the defending champion, Alberto Contador of Spain.

For Caleb Porter, manager of the defending MLS Cup champions, it was a painful experience.

Then came a three-game sweep of the defending champion Arizona Diamondbacks in the division series.

Would you look at the state of the defending for Brian McClair's goal here (at 3m54s).

But you cannot keep fans of the defending Super Bowl champion Giants down for long.

"Some of the defending was absolutely awful and [the goalkeeper] Adam Collin got no protection.

Yet the transformation is happening at the expense of the defending world champions.