Sentence examples for seem defensive from inspiring English sources

Mr. Sullivan uses a lot of adjectives, but he doesn't seem defensive about the development.

While the gangsta rappers grow trite and redundant, the consciousness-raising rappers can seem defensive and self-righteous.

She suspects that mothers who seem defensive and superstitious about their children's health developed such attitudes because, until quite recently, even schizophrenia and homosexuality were thought to be caused by poor mothering.

She responded bluntly:"I look at shows on TV, and this is going to just seem defensive, but I'm just gonna say it: 'I'm a fucking Indian woman who has her own fucking network television show, OK?'" Sure enough, it became the headline, but she says now that she meant it to be conversational rather than confrontational.

Always be polite and never seem defensive.

She didn't seem defensive to me.

As we began talking, he seemed defensive.

Then he seemed defensive, a little smart-alecky.

Mr. LaHood, however, seemed defensive throughout the hearing.

Djokovic seemed defensive as he described Tomic's game.

Mr Brown, by contrast, has blathered on about committees, seeming defensive and reactive rather than leaderly.