Sentence examples for upon defending from inspiring English sources

Last week, Griffin was intent upon defending himself against the charge of suppressing minority votes.

The Devils, meanwhile, are about to embark upon defending their Stanley Cup title.

His survival going forward, his advisers acknowledge, is dependent upon increasingly defending, and distinguishing, himself from the Republican field.

His government's decision to fire upon Viennese workers defending their apartment blocks (1934) was seen by many as a final betrayal of democracy.

"It's not so much as explaining how a vote should go," says Jean-Paul Gauzès, a French MEP and a financial specialist, "but about providing explanations on the texts which will be voted upon, and on defending the French interest in them".

Lawyers are frequently called upon to defend the indefensible.

"We may be called upon to defend those laws, and defend them we will.

Very little," said an executive whom Mr. Greenberg has called upon to defend him.

In 1960 he was called upon to defend his actions regarding a test ban before a congressional subcommittee.

If you are an African online you will, at one stage, be called upon to defend your country on Twitter.

The prime minister, called upon to defend his friend Andrew, or his frenemy Turnbull, wisely chose Turnbull.