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Example sentences for: defending

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

Having spent so much time defending my former colleagues, I'm afraid I've left you little new to work with.
This isn't an Ivy League debating society, where you can win by ingeniously defending a difficult position.
Other European powers began to put pressure on the defending forces, and British naval power in the area was badly stretched.
The team now faces China, which crushed defending champion Norway 5-0.
Dudley Edwards said it was "preposterous" to blame the debacle on Trimble, who, defending himself in an op-ed article for the Times of London Friday, wrote that the Ulster Unionists have an undeserved reputation for saying "no."