How to Use indefensible in a Sentence

indefensible

adjective

• The city is in an indefensible location.
• The company adopted an indefensible position on the issue.
• His behavior is ethically indefensible.
• To blow a 26-point lead against the worst team in the league is indefensible in more ways than one.
  — Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2021
• The Democrats did this on purpose to try to muddy the waters, and to defend the indefensible.
  — Fox News, 15 July 2018
• For the gate to come down in an instant is indefensible.
  — Jenna Reyes, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Jan. 2023
• If the ball is all the way over on one hash, there are spread formations that can create indefensible amounts of space on the wide side of the field.
  — Andy Benoit, SI.com, 11 July 2018
• Even more frustrating is that The White House has already found a way to spin the indefensible.
  — Michael Arceneaux, Essence.com, 26 July 2017
• The House proposal is a mixture of the good, the dubious, and the indefensible.
  — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2021
• With her blond pixie cut, big blue eyes and slight build, Jensen just about pulls off the indefensible maiden look.
  — Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Aug. 2021
• One-on-one indefensible throws, where only one guy can get to it.
  — Eric Hansen, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Aug. 2020
• This is an indefensible shred of arrogance and greed on the part of the NFL that has continued unchecked for at least two decades, maybe three.
  — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 7 Aug. 2017
• Tens of millions of kids were hurt by the Dems’ indefensible school closures.
  — Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News, 13 Sep. 2023
• And this is one of the things that was such an indefensible step by the Trump administration.
  — NBC News, 22 Aug. 2021
• Herein lies the challenge U of L has faced since the outset of this ugly case: how to defend the indefensible?
  — Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, 12 Aug. 2017
• Rapists and enslavers are indefensible, regardless of time, and this makes Thomas Jefferson one of the worst men of his.
  — Marlene L. Daut, Essence, 24 Feb. 2022
• This is a red flag that cop’s actions were indefensible.
  — Rachel Pannett, Washington Post, 29 Nov. 2023
• On the face of it, your friend’s behavior is selfish and indefensible.
  — Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 3 Apr. 2021
• From time to time there are scenes that make caring about sports feel indefensible, and Monday provided one of them.
  — Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Aug. 2022
• Defending the indefensible is part of the job of working for Trump, of course, and it isn’t restricted to trade policy.
  — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 4 June 2019
• But having assistant coaches leave jobs to go with you then leave them out to dry is indefensible.
  — USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2018
• The efforts of the Trump legal team were often indefensible.
  — Karl Rove, WSJ, 16 Dec. 2020
• Early in the day on June 30, staff on scene determined that most homes in Yarnell were indefensible with available resources.
  — Kalee Thompson, Popular Mechanics, 6 Dec. 2013
• The idea that the system cannot function without consensus is by no means an indefensible claim.
  — Alex Pareene, The New Republic, 20 June 2019
• Just as Helms’s actions have not changed in the time since, neither has Pletka’s defense of her indefensible mentor.
  — Nick Martin, The New Republic, 21 Sep. 2020
• And the effort by so many in the media, driven by their hatred of Trump, to defend the indefensible is disheartening.
  — Gary Abernathy, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Mar. 2018
• Here is a show that will no doubt test how Murphy's own brand of camp meshes with a premise that may tickle some as indulging in the most indefensible aspects of gay male culture.
  — Manuel Betancourt, Esquire, 23 May 2016
• But dig a little deeper and the numbers create an indefensible case for Kitchens to return.
  — Ellis L. Williams, cleveland, 30 Dec. 2019
• Parents on Tuesday faulted the board for associating the district’s own school police to the indefensible actions of a city police force in another part of the country.
  — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2024
• The use and abuse of animals is tightly woven into our world, which is why people who think seriously about it so often end up calling for broad changes that might seem unwise or even indefensible—at least, at first.
  — Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 21 Oct 2024