Example sentences for: defenses

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

  • The only public concerns the generals voiced before bombing were that pilots would be vulnerable to Yugoslavia's missile defenses: They did not discuss the possibility that Milosevic would respond by accelerating his slaughter of Kosovars.

  • It’s also the youngest fort on the island, built in the 18th century to plug a hole in the easterly defenses of the city.

  • On this theory, once the Serbs' defenses are sufficiently crippled by bombing, U.S. ground forces would enter Kosovo without significant resistance.

  • Alas, the kind of bystander you are is helpless because people in these relationships have blinders on and defenses in place.

  • By lending credence to the Lewinsky charges, and treating Clinton's familiar defenses as the lies and half-lies they seem to be, Stephanopoulos shows he's not a fool.


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