Example sentences for: defend

How can you use “defend” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Is the United States really prepared to go to war to defend the Czech Republic?

  • Although I would defend this entry on the grounds that intelligible ellipsis lies at the core of the challenge, I could avoid the fairly strong first objection by restoring the clause-signaling however of my first entry:

  • This causes them to overlook the traditional Democratic positions they count on Clinton to defend.

  • At the very eastern end of the resort, guarding the River Arade, is the historic Fortaleza de Santa Catarina de Ribamar (St. Catherine’s Fortress), built in 1621 to defend Silves and Portimão against the Moors.

  • "So great was the inequity of Nixon's downfall that future historians may well conclude he would have been justified in allowing events to take their course and in subjecting the nation to the prolonged paralysis of a public impeachment, which at least would have given him the opportunity to defend himself by due process of law.


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