Defended

//dɪˈfɛndɪd//

"Defended" in a Sentence (16 examples)

The town was defended by a large army.

The dog defended his master from harm.

When attacked he defended himself with an umbrella.

They defended their country against the invaders.

He was respected as a hero because he defended his country against the invaders.

They defended their country.

Our football team defended well.

Johnson defended his policies.

I defended the republic as a young man, I shall not desert it in my old age.

They defended their homeland against the invaders.

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For example, in the boreal forest where browsing by hares in winter is an important source of mortality, the juvenile-phase is more defended chemically against browsing by hares in winter than is the conspecific mature-phase (Table 2).

This result corroborates the Hypothesis 2 that the less defended fast-growing species can be replaced over time by more defended slower-growing species.

Understandably, the more extreme the condition, the more defended the family and professionals can be.

If this simpler procedure were adopted in a defended case the cost would be about 29l. if counsel were employed, and about 27l. if no counsel or solicitor were employed.

But only in less than 5% there was a court order in a defended case (Müller-Alten, 1984).

The Court of Appeal used the case to make a strong call for the removal of fault-based grounds, arguably at the expense of deciding in Mrs Owens' favour, and openly acknowledged that a lower threshold for behaviour is used in undefended cases scrutinised by a legal adviser at a divorce centre rather than a judge in a court in a defended case.

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