How to Use fend in a Sentence

fend

1 of 2 verb

• The latchkey kids who were left home to fend for ourselves.
  — Glynnis MacNicol, Flow Space, 8 Oct. 2025
• Democrats will need all of their member’s votes to help fend it off.
  — Erin B. Logan, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2023
• This meant that once the show was over, the stars were left to fend for themselves.
  — Gregg Kilday, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2023
• So far so good, but soon, Dorsey may have to fend for himself.
  — Najja Parker, ajc, 12 Oct. 2022
• His cattle only have the shade of a neem tree to fend off heat stress.
  — Time, 1 Nov. 2022
• Some camps cook group meals while others are left to fend for themselves.
  — Ed Fletcher, Sacramento Bee, 25 Jan. 2024
• We're stuck fending for ourselves.
  — Carolyn Gusoff, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
• Her staff was able to fend off the man as the woman sheltered in the restaurant.
  — Julian Mark, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Oct. 2022
• When we are done making babies, we’re left to fend for ourselves.
  — Alice Park, TIME, 20 Feb. 2025
• The pregnant dog was chained up and thrown outside to fend for herself in the process.
  — Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 19 Jan. 2026
• Local agencies are left to fend for themselves.
  — Karen Cohn, New York Daily News, 18 Aug. 2025
• Why does Jake feel the need to save his brother and not leave him to fend for himself?
  — Giana Levy, Variety, 20 Sep. 2025
• Which sort of Democrat is left to fend off someone like Lake?
  — Brittany Shepherd, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2022
• Just opened the door and dove right in on his own, leaving his wife to fend for herself behind him.
  — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026
• More veteran soldiers had to take over for the young recruits and fend them off.
  — Greg Palkot, Fox News, 13 Dec. 2023
• Still, the people of Gaza cannot wholly fend for themselves.
  — José Andrés, semafor.com, 13 Apr. 2026
• But the former residents who have been abused say they have been left to fend for themselves.
  — Rael Ombuor, Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2023
• For decades, mentally ill people have been left to fend for themselves.
  — The San Diego Union-Tribune Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2024
• Once again, the bear lunged at the man and multiple park employees had to fend him off.
  — Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 8 Dec. 2025
• Paul wanted her writing to fend for itself—but from a revolving wire rack?
  — Joanna Biggs, Harper's Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
• Akins fended them off and Johnson made mention of having a gun.
  — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 1 Sep. 2023
• But when the deal collapses, he is left to fend for himself and must protect his daughter.
  — Dallas News, 26 Jan. 2023
• Doing anything less is leaving our neighbors on the streets to fend for themselves.
  — Jim Vargas, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2023
• The mother did her best and fended for herself through a frightening episode.
  — Sahaj Kaur Kohli, Washington Post, 22 June 2023
• Cornejo tired in the final rounds, but was able to fend the champion off to make it to the final bell.
  — Dave Hogg, Detroit Free Press, 4 June 2023
• Researchers think these creatures likely laid their eggs and then left their offspring to fend for themselves.
  — Katie Hunt, CNN, 21 Jan. 2023
• Hawaiian monk seals nurse for about a month before their mothers wean them, leaving them to fend for themselves.
  — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 8 June 2023
• At the same time, resilience isn’t about abandoning them to fend for themselves, either.
  — Parents, 30 May 2026
• Say my headlamp and my backup headlamp went out, and I was left to fend for myself in the pitch-black.
  — Julia Sullivan, Outside, 18 Dec. 2025
• Trapped in one of the most remote spots on Earth, the women say they were largely forced to fend for themselves.
  — Nick Perry, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Aug. 2023

fend

2 of 2 noun

• After around two months, 2-inch long babies hatch from the eggs and fend for themselves.
  — René A. Guzman, ExpressNews.com, 22 Dec. 2020
• Kerevi was harshly judged after his fend hit the chest and slipped up the upright Patchell’s body.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2019
• Other leaders may overreact or take a ‘fend for yourself’ approach.
  — Kate Wieczorek, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
• But the thought of letting this poor kitten fend for itself was beyond comprehension.
  — Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
• The duo fend off acne-causing bacteria, but do so in a way that doesn’t dehydrate your skin or lead to further irritation.
  — Joseph Deacetis, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2021
• Singletary made three three-pointers in the third quarter, helping fend off a couple different mini runs that Lumberton had.
  — Elliott Lapin, Houston Chronicle, 13 Feb. 2018
• More and more of the new arrivals are suffering from dementia or other problems that require round-the-clock care, as opposed to healthy residents who live in the homes and pretty much fend for themselves.
  — Dermot Cole, Alaska Dispatch News, 1 Aug. 2017
• Instead of letting the fish fend for themselves while trying to reach the ocean, they are intercepted and taken to the hatchery at Cherrylane to be reconditioned.
  — Eric Barker, idahostatesman, 30 Oct. 2017
• For them, Ortiz said, making flowers was both symbolic and therapeutic, helping fend off the anxiety over an uncertain future.
  — Jeff Gammage, Philly.com, 25 Oct. 2017
• Instagram will soon account for a sizable part of owner Facebook’s revenue growth, and also keeps Facebook connected to younger people online while helping fend off a potential threat from rival Snapchat.
  — Recode Staff, Recode, 11 Dec. 2018
• Rodriguez can be an incredibly inventive director of action, but the choreography of the scene where Boba, Fennec, and the two Gamorrean fend off the shield-bearing assassins is just okay.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 29 Dec. 2021