Sentence examples for stern defense from inspiring English sources

The Demon Deacons have already knocked off North Carolina, the preseason national championship favorite, and are clubbing teams with a stern defense.

And now they're ratcheting up the hypocrisy even further with the stern defense of alleged child molester Roy Moore.

He also offered a stern defense of the idea -- floated initially by Obama in a past Democratic debate -- that, operating on actionable intelligence, the United States should target Osama bin Laden in Pakistan even without that government's consent.

It was the stern Tennessee defense and the marvelous legs of McNair that helped bury Jacksonville for good.

He has been an irritant to Donovan, a player who said he wanted discipline when he arrived at Florida as a transfer from Rutgers, but one who rebelled against Donovan's stern approach to defense and sharing the ball.

But, in an apparent effort to reassert control of the pace of the trial, Judge Burrell issued a stern warning to defense lawyers about their client, who has so far refused to be examined by Government psychiatrists.

As built, both ships also carried 21 5"/51 caliber guns (127 mm) arrayed ten to a side with one in the stern, primarily for defense against destroyers and torpedo boats.

But this time, Dr. Petit's appearance was marked by a sterner confrontation with a defense lawyer, Jeremiah Donovan, who tried to undermine his credibility.

Real's attacking trident — Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and Gareth Bale — is among the sternest tests Simeone's defense could have drawn; the three players have scored a combined 98goalss.

WASHINGTON — A federal judge presiding over the Roger Clemens perjury trial gave prosecutors and defense lawyers a stern talking-to on Tuesday because the proceedings — now in their fourth week — are plodding along so slowly that the jurors are losing interest.

WASHINGTON — A federal judge presiding over the Roger Clemens perjury trial gave prosecutors and defense lawyers a stern talking to on Tuesday because the proceedings — in their fourth week now — were plodding along so slowly that the jurors were losing interest.