How to Use defection in a Sentence

defection

noun

• His defection would soon open the door for many others.
  — Tyler Carmona, Miami Herald, 11 Mar. 2026
• But Democrats don’t need to worry about his defection this time.
  — Nicole Gaudiano, USA TODAY, 10 July 2018
• The votes were mostly along party lines, with some defections on both sides.
  — Claudia Grisales, NPR, 10 Mar. 2026
• The Olympics are fertile ground for defections.
  — Nick Miller, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
• Well, he's lost back-to-back votes on big issues because of defections from his own members.
  — USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2024
• Thune can only afford three defections and still advance the bill.
  — Aris Folley, The Hill, 28 June 2025
• The president saw some defections in the House too.
  — Jared Gans, The Hill, 9 Jan. 2026
• And the defections continue to pile up.
  — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 9 Jan. 2026
• Short-term savings often lead to long-term customer defection.
  — Talbott Roche, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
• New York is nothing more than a connecting city on his defection route.
  — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2026
• Late defections give this late-running colt a ticket to the Big Show.
  — Melissa Hoppert, New York Times, 5 May 2023
• And supporters of the deal had to work hard to limit further defections.
  — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 9 Apr. 2026
• Some of the Democrats who voted no were furious about the defection.
  — Brittney Melton, NPR, 10 Nov. 2025
• One is that [the West is] working overtime to entice a defection.
  — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2022
• But the margin for error is small — just one defection in the Senate, and the whole thing falls apart.
  — Ryan Cooper, The Week, 24 June 2021
• One of them is Chris Ahn, who Kim called on to help with a high-profile defection.
  — Seyward Darby, Longreads, 25 Nov. 2020
• West Virginia dealt with injuries, defections and all manner of off-the-court strife.
  — Dave Skretta, The Seattle Times, 26 Mar. 2019
• Democrats control only 50 votes, and a Manchin defection could have sunk the bill.
  — Susan Ferrechio, Washington Examiner, 5 Mar. 2021
• The defections raised the possibility that the bill would not only lose on the floor, but lose big.
  — Erica Werner, Twin Cities, 24 Mar. 2017
• Have the stakes for last year’s 11 win Dolphins team been raised because of the free agent defections?
  — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 2 May 2024
• North Korea has yet to comment publicly on the news of Jo's defection.
  — Yoonjung Seo, Jake Kwon and Julia Hollingsworth, CNN, 8 Oct. 2020
• All the rest of the free-agent defections from New England are forgivable.
  — Peter King, SI.com, 19 Mar. 2018
• May will go back to Parliament and there will be defections from the opposition that will get her over the line.
  — Monitor Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Feb. 2019
• That’s the coalition that came undone by the defection of a single member in July.
  — Sanya Mansoor, Time, 29 Oct. 2022
• The lone defection on one of the articles wasn't nearly enough to change the trial's outcome, which was never in much doubt.
  — Fin Gomez, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2020
• In a sporting sense, the timing of this defection was significant.
  — Nick Miller, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
• Van Raemdonck will certainly work to soothe the nerves of other such stars, and seek to avoid more defections.
  — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 15 Jan. 2026
• There was also a wave of defections by athletes after the Melbourne Olympics that year.
  — Nick Miller, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
• The House passed the funding bill 222-209, with some defections on both sides.
  — Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 13 Nov. 2025
• Third place would leave him uncomfortably close to the bubble, likely needing some defections.
  — Jay Posner, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2026