How to Use defend in a Sentence

defend

verb

• We believed it was a cause worth defending.
• Stop defending him. What he did was wrong.
• The company must defend its own interests.
• She defended her friend's behavior.
• The two-way defenseman has the stuff to impact games nightly, from his checking to his defending to his up-ice play.
  — Fluto Shinzawa, The Athletic, 2 Dec. 2024
• This sets up as a perfect buy-low spot on the West Ham offense at home against a defense that struggles to defend on the road.
  — Nick Hennion, Chicago Tribune, 29 Dec. 2022
• Furious, flustered and frustrated, my client started listening to defend.
  — Chris Westfall, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
• Georgia is looking to defend their national title from a year ago and ranks second in the country in terms of points allowed at an outstanding 12.77 per game.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 27 Dec. 2022
• The violation of January 6th was ultimately so brazen that many of Trump’s own loyalists could not, in the end, bring themselves to defend him.
  — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2022
• The 6-foot-8-inch wing can shoot, cut, pass, and defend at a high level.
  — Ethan Fuller, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Jan. 2023
• At home, even her own three sons seemed to defend Mr. Tate.
  — Isabella Kwai, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2023
• The man who was attempting to defend his dog died at the scene.
  — Corin Cesaric, Peoplemag, 3 Feb. 2023
• In France, Gen Z is taking to the streets to defend their work-life balance.
  — Kylie Robison, Fortune, 3 Feb. 2023
• The defending Olympic champions will need a lot of luck to make the next round.
  — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2024
• Miller's unit helped defend the town of Sangju in late July 1950.
  — Aurora Sousanis, Detroit Free Press, 18 Aug. 2023
• Now, Wilkinson doesn’t feel the need to defend Hefner any longer.
  — Danielle Bacher, Peoplemag, 17 Jan. 2024
• Microsoft is in the center of much of the ability to defend.
  — WIRED, 2 Nov. 2023
• The kids at Uvalde needed JR-15s to defend themselves from the evil maniac that didn’t care about laws.
  — Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 17 Jan. 2023
• Tavia Hunt, who was a stay-at-home mom, defended him in a social media post.
  — Christopher Brito, CBS News, 17 May 2024
• Brero opened Alp in 1989, and fiercely defended his turf.
  — David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2023
• The goal is the mission, and the mission is always to defend and protect the Constitution of the United States.
  — Elaine Ayala, San Antonio Express-News, 4 Sep. 2024
• This is part of Apple’s pitch defending the price of this device.
  — Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 17 Jan. 2024
• From there, the Italian defended and slipped Nickolas’ kicks to finish out the bout and win bronze.
  — Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2024
• Brownlee also went on the record to defend herself and let fans know she is not being strung along.
  — Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 16 Jan. 2023
• Mexico defends its efforts to deal with the flow of migrants.
  — Mary Beth Sheridan, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2023
• That was also the last time the U.S, the two-time defending champions, had lost in this tournament.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2023
• The Lakers were leading by three points late in the fourth quarter and Reddish was defending George once again.
  — Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2023
• Since 2014, the main means of defending against these drones has been electronic warfare (EW), in its many forms.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 10 Apr. 2024
• Maples shared Musk’s post, with a statement defending the father of her now-31-year-old daughter Tiffany.
  — Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2024
• The Current is coming off a road trip to Gotham FC, the defending league champions.
  — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 20 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024