Sentence examples for the defend from inspiring English sources
verb
To ward off, repel (an attack or attacker).
The NFL Network draft guru Mike Mayock said recently: "On the defend side of the ball, Quinton Coples.
MR. COUNSELLOR RAGINSKY: MR. PRESIDENT, if the defend" ant wishes to give an explanation with regard to this article' I shall let him do so, of course.
Although conservatives initially tried the defend the pick, the wheels started coming off the wagon and everyone was casting about for an exit strategy.
Finding out the explanations behind the phenomena that networked systems can still function efficiently after some structural damages or the malfunction of certain nodes is meaningful to both the design of solid systems and the defend against failures.
In the first case, he and 10 of the other jurors were for the plaintiff The 12th, a somewhat proletarian lady, voted for the defend ant.
She will play Mrs. Mary Ann Curtis of St . Louis the defend ing champion, for the $1,500 first prize tomorrow afternoon.
In Mr. Allen's essay we see at work the defend-the-Vatican-at-any-cost mentality described in your Week in Review article.
That's not to say there is not a lot of money to be made in the defend-the-cash-cow approach.
The defend-Din Tai Fung impetus was "petty," but another, more lofty, aim, St. Cavish says, is to find a new way to talk about food.
The Defend Education Birmingham activists who occupied part of Birmingham University's campus said they were part of a peaceful protest and were unlawfully kettled by police, who demanded their personal details in exchange for release.
The spokesman added the Defend Education Birmingham demonstration "included defacing buildings and property, throwing smoke bombs and fireworks, smashing down doors, damaging historic buildings including Aston Webb and the Old Joe clock tower, and injuring staff".
