Sentence examples for were unable to defend from inspiring English sources

He said the male hostages were unable to defend them.

Marseille can also be numbered among the clubs who were unable to defend their trophy as Mark Wilson points out.

They were cornered and vastly outnumbered, but unlike the men of 1879 they were unable to defend themselves.

In such conditions the Mamlūks were unable to defend Syria against the Turkic conqueror Timur (Timur Lenk) in 1400.

Qatar saw that the Saudis were unable to defend themselves against a potential Iraqi threat, let alone protect other gulf states, those officials said.

On Sunday, Netanyahu told his cabinet that 70 years ago the Jewish people were unable to defend themselves against the Nazi genocide.

Savile was unable to defend himself.

"Reverend Greene is unable to defend himself".

Sumner, though no pacifist, had been unable to defend himself.

I have been unable to defend myself publically.

Indeed, Chelsea, the defending champion, was unable to defend Oscar's first-half contributions.