How to Use defend in a Sentence

defend

verb

• We believed it was a cause worth defending.
• Stop defending him. What he did was wrong.
• The company must defend its own interests.
• She defended her friend's behavior.
• Miller's unit helped defend the town of Sangju in late July 1950.
  — Aurora Sousanis, Detroit Free Press, 18 Aug. 2023
• Now, Wilkinson doesn’t feel the need to defend Hefner any longer.
  — Danielle Bacher, Peoplemag, 17 Jan. 2024
• Microsoft is in the center of much of the ability to defend.
  — WIRED, 2 Nov. 2023
• This is part of Apple’s pitch defending the price of this device.
  — Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 17 Jan. 2024
• Mexico defends its efforts to deal with the flow of migrants.
  — Mary Beth Sheridan, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2023
• That was also the last time the U.S, the two-time defending champions, had lost in this tournament.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2023
• The Lakers were leading by three points late in the fourth quarter and Reddish was defending George once again.
  — Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2023
• Since 2014, the main means of defending against these drones has been electronic warfare (EW), in its many forms.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 10 Apr. 2024
• Rubio, in defending himself, uttered the line again, and Christie pounced.
  — Olivia Rinaldi, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2023
• Israel must defend itself, and the United States must stand by her ally.
  — ABC News, 8 Oct. 2023
• In the documentary, Bach defends herself, saying nothing more could have been done for some of the kids.
  — Brian Lowry, CNN, 26 Sep. 2023
• And spend some time this Memorial Day weekend thinking about those who serve and defend us.
  — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 28 May 2023
• The Chiefs are the defending Super Bowl champions and went 14-3 in the regular season last year.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 2 Sep. 2023
• Still, many are also vowing to stay and defend their rights, gathering to protest at the state capitol, and showing up at pride events.
  — Lori Rozsa, Washington Post, 10 June 2023
• Throughout the 1950s, the U.S. built missile sites in cities across the nation to defend against potential bomb threats from other countries.
  — Eva Wen, Journal Sentinel, 6 Mar. 2024
• And that is what any county would do to defend its territory and its people.
  — ABC News, 26 Nov. 2023
• Lewis defended her work in a statement to The Arizona Republic.
  — Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 29 Mar. 2024
• Several supporters of Cline came to defend her at the meeting, too.
  — Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Aug. 2023
• Ukraine can now no longer cross the Dnipro along that stretch of the front line, for example, so Russia could redeploy forces in the area to defend sections further north.
  — Peter Weber, The Week, 6 June 2023
• Boron is part of Prime Male's second prong, defending your free testosterone from attack.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 6 Oct. 2023
• The company’s only option in state court would have been to defend itself at trial.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 18 Dec. 2023
• Granite Hills, the defending State Division 2-A champion, has won 17 games in a row.
  — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2023
• The New York Republican has pleaded not guilty to charges and defended himself.
  — Benjamin Siegel, ABC News, 15 Nov. 2023
• In other words, yes, support Israel’s right to defend itself.
  — ABC News, 31 Mar. 2024
• But for the purpose of this episode, Chris, Rachel, Kendra, and Inés each had to defend another person’s cookie—in other words, a cookie swap swap.
  — The Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appétit, 7 Dec. 2023
• And how in the world could anybody defend at this moment, surrendering to one of our adversaries by walking away from Ukraine?
  — CBS News, 22 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024