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    Use "defending" in a sentence

    defending example sentences

    defending


    1. But that was what heroes did; they died defending what they believed in


    2. ‘Looks as though Harvey might get landed with the job of defending him


    3. Together we lay side by side defending the roads of Athens and firing our pistols at the Nazis


    4. “For your bravery in the recent adverse situation, for defending your Queen against overwhelming odds," Naria removed the sash she had around her waist and tied it to Sera's wrist


    5. chose a woman who’s more than capable of defending


    6. months into the training Roman was defending six aggressors at a time, his


    7. He was an apologist defending Pythagorus, however some of his arguments weren't as helpful as others


    8. "The stick" She was defending herself now


    9. He was defending her reputation, as he looked from one to the other of them


    10. "I don't know why she's acting this way?" Todd responded taking her hand and letting it drop again; as he struggled to defending himself

    11. The defending Advocate rose to his feet


    12. ’ The defending Advocate leapt angrily from his chair


    13. The wearer could forego defending themselves, and focus instead on eliminating their enemy as quickly as possible


    14. Since the battle began, they had accepted the fact that they would never leave the Red Wall, and that they would die defending it


    15. Several round towers strengthened the wall, giving the defending archers a panoramic view of the entire city


    16. The gaps were spaced five feet from one to the next and angled downward at a near ninety degrees, allowing defending archers a clear shot at the enemy directly below them


    17. As of yet, the group of Magi had suffered few losses, due in great part to the fact that they had focused all their efforts on defending themselves while offering only an infinitesimal show of retaliation


    18. Yet, despite their disabilities, they too were ready to die defending their world


    19. In this way, defending their goods, they


    20. Lawyers defending such people will argue that their clients are totally innocent of the consequences of a disease that have affected their brain

    21. In the disorderly times which gave birth to those barbarous institutions, the great proprietor was sufficiently employed in defending his own territories, or in extending his jurisdiction and authority over those of his neighbours


    22. They only were defending themselves


    23. Defending the Early Years Project


    24. In consequence of the representations of Columbus, the council of Castile determined to take possession of the countries of which the inhabitants were plainly incapable of defending themselves


    25. defending themselves against anything that comes their way


    26. study it are more than capable of defending themselves in any type of situation,


    27. Other states have generally disburdened themselves, upon their subject and subordinate provinces, of the most considerable part of the expense of defending the empire


    28. Upon the power which the greater part of the leading men, the natural aristocracy of every country, have of preserving or defending their respective importance, depends the stability and duration of every system of free government


    29. Towards the declension of the Roman republic, the allies of Rome, who had borne the principal burden of defending the state and extending the empire, demanded to be admitted to all the privileges of Roman citizens


    30. The Cape of Good Hope was inhabited by a race of people almost as barbarous, and quite as incapable of defending themselves, as the natives of America

    31. For the sake of that little enhancement of price which this monopoly might afford our producers, the home consumers have been burdened with the whole expense of maintaining and defending that empire


    32. An industrious, and, upon that account, a wealthy nation, is of all nations the most likely to be attacked ; and unless the state takes some new measure for the public defence, the natural habits of the people render them altogether incapable of defending themselves


    33. In some countries, the citizens destined for defending the state seem to have been exercised only, without being, if I may say so, regimented; that is, without being divided into separate and distinct bodies of troops, each of which performed its exercises under its own proper and permanent officers


    34. But when, from different causes, chiefly from the continually increasing expense of defending the nation against the invasion of other nations, the private estate of the sovereign had become altogether insufficient for defraying the expense of the sovereignty; and when it had become necessary that the people should, for their own security, contribute towards this expense by taxes of different kinds; it seems to have been very commonly stipulated, that no present for the administration of justice should, under any pretence, be accepted either by the sovereign, or by his bailiffs and substitutes, the judges


    35. They set themselves, therefore, to expose the many errors of that translation, which the Roman catholic clergy were thus put under the necessity of defending or explaining


    36. The state required that every free citizen should fit himself for defending it in war, and should upon that account, learn his military exercises


    37. Of the great and extensive interests of his country he is altogether incapable of judging; and unless very particular pains have been taken to render him otherwise, he is equally incapable of defending his country in war


    38. But a coward, a man incapable either of defending or of revenging himself, evidently wants one of the most essential parts of the character of a man


    39. They are listened to, esteemed, and respected by their superiors; but before their inferiors they are frequently incapable of defending, effectually, and to the conviction of such hearers, their own sober and moderate doctrines, against the most ignorant enthusiast who chooses to attack them


    40. The expense of defending the society, and that of supporting the dignity of the chief magistrate, are both laid out for the general benefit of the whole society

    41. “How can you blame everything on me I didn’t tell him to drink like he did”, I was going to carry on defending myself when Helen joined in saying


    42. If any of the provinces of the British empire cannot be made to contribute towards the support of the whole empire, it is surely time that Great Britain should free herself from the expense of defending those provinces in time of war, and of supporting any part of their civil or military establishment in time of peace; and endeavour to accommodate her future views and designs to the real mediocrity of her circumstances


    43. The two men tried to argue, with Adem defending his claims like a stone wall


    44. I would certainly not like to see what he called unlucky and with a clown like him defending me I could feel the bullets striking home already


    45. ” The man spoke as if he were defending himself, though Jean did not press him further; she had her own secrets to conceal


    46. “You’re a fast learner,” Jean said after barely defending the last flourishes of Hayley’s blade


    47. He wasn’t defending himself, though


    48. He was defending her honor


    49. Esther gave up all hope of saying anything sensible to them, least of all defending poor Christians wife, and poured herself a large brandy instead


    50. An army defending their turf and at the














































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    "defending" definitions

    attempting to or designed to prevent an opponent from winning or scoring