How to Use on defense in a Sentence

on defense

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• Play strong up front on defense.
  — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2025
• How about a pass breakup on defense, too?
  — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 25 Oct. 2025
• My son looked up at me and smiled, and then ran back on defense.
  — Ira Porter, Christian Science Monitor, 6 June 2025
• Guys are still blowing past him on defense.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2026
• Guys don’t know how to rotate on defense.
  — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
• The biggest, in my eyes, is on defense.
  — Max Bultman, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
• Both can get up and down the court and can be menaces on defense.
  — Jake Adams, The Courier-Journal, 15 Mar. 2023
• The guys on defense have been stellar.
  — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2025
• Jokić has been worse on defense, too.
  — Zach Harper, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
• There aren't any major needs like on defense.
  — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas Morning News, 30 Mar. 2026
• Dallas needs a clean slate on defense.
  — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas Morning News, 7 Mar. 2026
• There are still problems on defense.
  — Matt Hayes, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2025
• But there is just too much work left to do on defense to think that will happen.
  — Jon MacHota, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
• And plays nose tackle on defense.
  — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2025
• One of the ways Cole takes the lead is by rolling up his sleeves on defense.
  — Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 1 Mar. 2025
• This team prides itself on defense.
  — Charlie Lapastora, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
• The focus on defense was much the same for Davis.
  — Sean Hammond, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
• This was a move to be better on defense, stopping the run.
  — Mike Fore, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
• The Jets should be mostly done adding free agents of note on defense.
  — Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2026
• But questions on defense linger.
  — Mike Sando, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
• Harbaugh wants to create a run wall on defense.
  — Daniel Popper, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
• The free agent market is weak overall on defense.
  — Calvin Watkins mar. 1, Dallas Morning News, 1 Mar. 2026
• His lack of strength also hampers him on defense.
  — Josh Robbins, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
• Georgia has added its own transfers on defense, too.
  — Seth Emerson, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
• Both teams have the ability to win it on defense, which, to me, keeps it close.
  — Mike Sando, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2026
• Gay played the three snaps on defense and KJ Britt one.
  — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2025
• Where Miami was able to win the game was on defense.
  — Arkansas Online, 1 Feb. 2026
• Those are high-impact moves to keep and build on what the Rams did on defense last year.
  — Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 9 Mar. 2026
• The Avs have used a handful of guys in the final spot on defense.
  — Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 22 Feb. 2025
• New England does not do enough on defense to confuse you.
  — Mike Sando, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2026