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

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