Sentence examples for put on defense from inspiring English sources

The emphasis Bowden and his players put on defense is taken from their past two championship appearances.

"The focus and attention that we have been putting on defense is a big key, too".

In the courtroom, before Judge Scheindlin, the city is attempting to put on a defense.

"I did all I could but I wasn't allowed to put on a defense".

The next day, Scaring put on four defense witnesses, and made his shocking midafternoon announcement that Borukhova would testify.

I know the more times you put the ball in play, the more pressure you put on the defense.

(It didn't help that the companies didn't put on a defense, so sure were they of victory).

"I don't see that the licensee has had an opportunity to put on a defense here," Judge Gould said.

"He put on no defense," said Jack B. Zimmermann, who is working with Richard H. Burr on Mr. Graham's case before the board of pardons and parole.

The directive was the latest here to raise questions about whether legal ethics rules allow lawyers to put on a defense for detainees who say explicitly they want to boycott the proceedings.

The case came to trial in front of a politically connected judge who dismissed the case without even requiring that the charged officials put on a defense.