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.
  • One-on-one indefensible throws, where only one guy can get to it.
    Eric Hansen, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Aug. 2020
  • The impulse to pull away flits through my mind, but pulling away feels indefensible.
    Saïd Sayrafiezadeh, New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2025
  • 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
  • But having assistant coaches leave jobs to go with you then leave them out to dry is indefensible.
    Scott Horner, Indianapolis Star, 6 Feb. 2018
  • But having assistant coaches leave jobs to go with you then leave them out to dry is indefensible.
    USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2018
  • Tens of millions of kids were hurt by the Dems’ indefensible school closures.
    Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Pulling a pitcher in the middle of a perfect game is indefensible.
    Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 July 2026
  • 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
  • Our society has to reach a point where these actions are indefensible.
    Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2021
  • This was an act of naked and indefensible aggression.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 5 Jan. 2026
  • On the face of it, your friend’s behavior is selfish and indefensible.
    Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 3 Apr. 2021
  • But to take your best friend's Holocaust survival story and pass it off as your own for quite some time seems indefensible.
    Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The idea that the system cannot function without consensus is by no means an indefensible claim.
    Alex Pareene, The New Republic, 20 June 2019
  • All of that is indefensible – and much more dangerous than a few tweets from a single musician.
    : Jill Filipovic, CNN, 11 Oct. 2022
  • The 15% rate may be harsh and unwise, but 70% can seem indefensible.
    George Calhoun, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
  • The Democrats did this on purpose to try to muddy the waters, and to defend the indefensible.
    Fox News, 15 July 2018
  • 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
  • But the prospect of being charged with a felony could help deter that dangerous and indefensible behavior.
    The Kansas City Star Editorial Board, kansascity, 11 Mar. 2018
  • But dig a little deeper and the numbers create an indefensible case for Kitchens to return.
    Ellis L. Williams, cleveland, 30 Dec. 2019
  • Wembanyama isolates Brunson in the post and gets one, two, three chances at the rim for an indefensible bucket?
    Kyle Wagner, New York Daily News, 11 June 2026
  • Much of the commerce was fruitful; some of it — a massive traffic in slavery — was morally indefensible.
    New York Times, 14 June 2018
  • Alyssa Thomas' thug-like play, punching Caitlin Clark in the throat and kneeing her in the groin, is indefensible.
    Jon Root Outkick, FOXNews.com, 27 June 2026
  • 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 Bibas family's deaths are a profound tragedy, and their kidnapping was an indefensible war crime.
    Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 25 Feb. 2025
  • The House proposal is a mixture of the good, the dubious, and the indefensible.
    John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2021
  • In that sense, what Spotify is saying is indefensible.
    Natalia Cano, Billboard, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Both state and church are also known for failing to live up to those ideals, for permitting indefensible abuses, for ugly histories.
    Joe Mathews, Mercury News, 18 June 2026

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