How to Use defense in a Sentence

defense

noun

• The city's defenses were not strong enough to keep out the invaders.
• They put up a good defense, but the city ultimately fell to the invaders.
• They mounted a good defense.
• We need to improve our defenses.
• Johnson scored 13 of his points in the quarter, as the Raider defense seemed to tire out the Gators.
  — Mike Frainie, Baltimore Sun, 16 Feb. 2024
• Hill pleaded not guilty and took the stand in his own defense.
  — Deena Zaru, ABC News, 20 Nov. 2023
• Hunger weakens the body’s defenses and opens the door to disease.
  — NBC News, 21 Dec. 2023
• For starters, Schwartz’s 4-3 base defense features the wide-9 technique for the edge rushers.
  — Irie Harris, cleveland, 20 July 2023
• Each had a couple of tackles in the spring game and got reps with the second and third-team defenses.
  — oregonlive, 2 Aug. 2023
• Beginning in at least the 1970s, the sea wall here had started to fail, and the Coast Guard threw down debris as a defense against the ocean.
  — Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2023
• Whoopi Goldberg and Steve Martin both came to the comic’s defense.
  — Justin Hagey, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Jan. 2024
• Mayo had called plays for the Patriots’ defense over the last two seasons, according to the AP.
  — Sean Neumann, Peoplemag, 12 Jan. 2024
• Throughout the war, Wimbledon was used as a defense camp.
  — Town & Country, 8 July 2023
• The Tritons rank second in the Big West in field goal percentage defense (41.1).
  — Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Dec. 2023
• Defensive outlook The Auburn defense left a lot to be desired in 2022.
  — Ainslie Lee | [e-mail], al, 8 July 2023
• The spike that’s opposite the sharp edge works well for defense as well as smashing holes in, well, anything that needs holes.
  — Jim Cobb, Field & Stream, 14 June 2023
• Taking this tack is risky, said Louis Shapiro, a defense attorney not involved in the case.
  — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2024
• Teran and their friends drove to Maryville to link up with a group organizing drag defense.
  — Hilary Beaumont, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2023
• But as her bandages were removed, with them, went all of her defenses.
  — Andrea Mandell, Peoplemag, 17 Apr. 2024
• The Friday night service was scheduled to have prayers for the state of Israel, its defense forces and for all those held captive, as well as for peace.
  — Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2023
• The country then broke the taboo of sending weapons abroad, opting to help arm Ukraine and declaring a more than $1o0 billion special fund for defense.
  — Kate Brady, Washington Post, 14 June 2023
• Starting with variables such as weather, crowd noise and a play clock, the QB must read a defense, and call and execute a play in seconds.
  — Indianapolis Star, The Indianapolis Star, 10 July 2023
• For the second straight week, the Dallas defense will look to tee off against an offense led by a backup quarterback.
  — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 19 Sep. 2023
• Both teams’ defenses were denying big plays, forcing the offenses to grind out yards and use up clock.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2023
• In eight years under Tsai, Taiwan has bolstered defense spending and strengthened ties with the U.S.
  — Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2023
• And in the end, the city survived both those fights, mostly playing defense and collecting some bruises.
  — Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Mar. 2024
• The Browns defense returned the favor on their first defensive series.
  — Tim Bielik, cleveland, 19 Sep. 2023
• His defense attorney was not listed in public court records as of Feb. 16.
  — Lauren Liebhaber, Kansas City Star, 16 Feb. 2024
• That leaves them well-equipped to play defense but lacking the numbers to advance a liberal agenda past Youngkin’s desk.
  — Teo Armus, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2023
• Two inflatable tubes, looking like boat fenders, lined the sides as a defense against foundering.
  — David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 9 July 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024