Sentence examples for resolved to defend from inspiring English sources

Last week, the government resolved to defend residents' property rights against such illegal eviction and demolition.

Within days, President Truman resolved to defend South Korea, even though there were few Americans in Korea and few troops ready for combat.

Human beings are perennially tempted by aggression, which can be prevented only by the deterrence of a strong military, of citizens resolved to defend themselves and of the prospect of harsh criminal punishment.

Neither of these objectives can be achieved cheaply or easily, and we resolved to defend and underline our achievements as well as to find a way of continuing our work with decreased support.

A few years later, after his neighbor in London's Chelsea district added a flock of "demon fowl" to his yard, Carlyle resolved to defend himself against the clamor of roosters, organ grinders, the neighbor's piano, etc., by adding a floor to his house for a sound-proof study.

Earlier army intelligence estimates credited the bands loyal to Sitting Bull with a force of 800 fighting men, but Custer actually found himself facing some 2,000 Sioux and Cheyenne warriors, many of them armed with superior repeating rifles and all of them resolved to defend their women, children, and older relatives.

He resolves to defend his father's honor, but on his own terms — that is, on purely literary ones.

"The Philippine peacekeepers held their ground and demonstrated their resolve to defend their positions," it said.

"Our resolve to defend our country has never been higher," Lenku said.

Rich fisheries and dreams of offshore oil and gas discoveries strengthen Japan's resolve to defend the islands.

And as Americans, we are united in grief, in outrage, and in resolve to defend our people".