Sentence examples for play defence from inspiring English sources

As an alliance, Nato can only play defence.

"The stuff that's enabled me to beat him seven times, making passing shots under duress, making him play defence on his forehand, he did well today.

I think they are going to take some time to gel, but you know the one thing with a Scott Skiles team is they're going to play hard and play defence; he's a no-nonsense coach.

Mr McCain would have had less opportunity to play defence on the stump with the Olympics on between the conventions (though the Olympics also would have allowed him to run some nasty ads).

Conventional wisdom has assumed that Mr Bush would campaign on his record as a war president, the issue where he still enjoys his biggest advantage over John Kerry in the polls, and "play defence" on the economy.

My backhand is where I want it to be, my forehand is back because that also left me a little bit when my footwork wasn't at my best, and I had to press too much because I knew I didn't want to play defence.

The only exceptions allowed are "flair" players, those who have magic in their feet and either dribble past people or play defence-splitting 40-yard passes.

Yet RealNetworks is not playing defence.

"Keep playing defence, man," he said.

"At school I played defence," he continued.

He plays defence better than anyone I've ever played.