Sentence examples for were defended from inspiring English sources
verb
To ward off, repel (an attack or attacker).
When ballots were defended, they were from military voters.
But Mr. D'Andre's words were defended today by a member of the Sachem group.
All these laws were defended on the grounds that they treated everyone alike.
(Two were defended in court by Cotton Mather, and were acquitted. The six others were hanged).
Yet the pair were defended by director John Singleton in an article for The Hollywood Reporter.
Two of Dallas's touchdowns came on passes that were defended by Antonio Cromartie.
Farage and Ukip were defended by several candidates from ethnic minority backgrounds, including Rathy Alagaratnam, who is standing in Merton.
Conservative plans to stick to an austerity programme for at least another seven years were defended today by David Cameron.
Mr. Ashcroft and his monitoring agreement were defended by several Republicans on the House panel, the Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
The government's proposals were defended by Michael Gove, the education secretary, who insisted that students would not be discouraged from applying to university.
They were defended by three white lawyers, all Confederate veterans, who were hired and paid by a crusading black newspaper editor.
