Sentence examples for were left to defend from inspiring English sources

Task force leaders were left to defend their hot line system as if they faced some sort of a consumer service scandal.

After her death, Protestants who had opposed her were left to defend the coronation of her half sister, Elizabeth, an unmarried Protestant, by arguing, begrudgingly, in favor of female rule.

Someone who works at an institution under attack by the government lamented a colleague's departure but also said that at least  shades of gray — a common expression that comes up often — were gone and only the stalwarts were left to defend their place of work.

After the withdrawal of the Roman legions from their province of Britannia in 410, the inhabitants were left to defend themselves against the attacks of the Saxons.

A soldier who participated in the battle reported that only 20 uninjured troops were left to defend the police station as the second Syrian column reached Samakh (Tzemah).

After the Roman legions withdrew from Britannia in 410 the natives of Great Britain were left to defend themselves, and non-Christian Angles, Saxons, and Jutes generally referred to collectively as Anglo-Saxons settled the southern pAnglo-Saxons settled

Kitty was left to defend herself against terrorists.

Instead, non-government bodies like the Human Rights Commission and parliament are left to defend our liberty.

As a last expedient the polders, or low-lying areas, were flooded, and William, with his few unseasoned troops, was left to defend the "water line".

So while Mickelson was left to defend his decision at No. 16, Woods successfully defended another title, despite trailing Mickelson by two strokes with 11 holes to play.

Guiding Laura, who was not wearing contacts, he said, he was "holding Barney, holding Laura, and Spot chasing behind -- Kitty was left to defend herself".