Defend

//dɪˈfɛnd//

"Defend" in a Sentence (16 examples)

We have to defend our country from the foreign aggression.

We must defend our freedom at all cost.

Paris did her best to defend her liberties.

Please defend me from such bad men.

That was the only way we could defend ourselves against all this terrible shooting.

The natives have to defend their land against invaders.

If you try to defend the seniority-based corporate escalator these days all you'll get is flak from younger employees.

We have to defend our country at any cost.

To defend myself, I had to tell a lie.

To defend ourselves, we had to tell a lie.

Show 6 more sentences

Most Zionists hoped for a state of their own, but early in the 20th century, writers like Hillel Solotaroff and Chaim Zhitlowsky, both Yiddish-speaking immigrant intellectuals in New York, imagined another alternative: a federation of self-governing anarchist communes in Palestine that would defend Jewish life without relying on state power.

Justice Elena Kagan on Thursday defended the code of conduct the Supreme Court created last year, but conceded there needs to be a way to enforce the rules for it to be more effective.

Philip Miles, defending, said: "This was a single instance, there was no allegation of continuing behaviour over a long period of time."

The teams strategy was to defend but score runs as well for the first 20 overs.

The vertue is, that neither steele, nor stone The stroke thereof from entrance may defend[…].

Broder said sir launcelot wete ye wel I am ful lothe to departe oute of this realme but the quene hath defended me soo hyhely that me semeth she wille neuer be my good lady as she hath ben

Next best steps

Mini challenge

Unscramble this word: defend