Sentence examples for to defend over from inspiring English sources

And beyond the presidency, with Democrats having to defend over twice as many seats in the Senate as the Republicans and pundits earlier in this cycle suggesting that a Republican Senate was practically a lock -- and again with all those hundreds of millions of dollars of millionaires' money spent against them -- the Democrats actually look like they will be picking up two seats.

He is projected to rise inside the world's top 150 (from a ranking of 367 in March) when the next list is published at the conclusion of the US Open and, with very few points to defend over the coming months, he will have plenty of opportunity.

To Pimp A Butterfly is a challenging album to defend over time because it sounds like nothing else out there.

"It is no longer tenable for politicians to defend the over-centralised entity that is the present-day British state," it continued.

UC officials should understand that and stop trying to defend their over-the-top, politically correct list of unacceptable topics and questions.

I wasn't expecting to have to defend myself all over again and it's incredibly disconcerting.

Beale and O'Connor were snapped out and about in the early hours and James Horwill, once cleared, was told by the International Rugby Board he would have to defend himself all over again.

He seemed ready to defend himself all over again at any minute.

From John Terry's on-field racism and Jose Mourinho's treatment of club doctor Eva Carneiro at Chelsea, to Liverpool's determination to defend Luis Suárez over racism charges and the furore over Oldham Athletic's unsuccessful attempt to sign the convicted rapist Ched Evans, a depressing trend has emerged.

Lauren Blanc had to defend Mexes over criticisms of his weight during a press conference by saying that "contrary to what one thinks he is only 10% fat".

When a rising young tenor is proud to be known as a Britten singer, things have changed since the days when I had to defend him over pizza.