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Example sentences for: defend

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

It is the left, after all, that continues to defend income-redistribution programs regardless of the evidence on their failure.
Next, left-wing historians rose up to defend black culture against Moynihan's characterizations.
There's a chance Americans will be sending troops out to Central Asia in coming years to defend American oil interests, so we should all be reading up on this stuff.
I would defend Clinton's apology as a statement of aspiration.
continued to loyally defend the IMF yesterday, it is probably only a matter of time before other Western nations, such as Australia, break ranks and push for alternative remedies," it added.