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Example sentences for: defensive

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The administration is engaged now in a defensive strategy aimed at preserving what it can of the constructive-engagement ideal until congressional pressure eases.
The prospect of this kind of consequence would certainly lead to a defensive retrenchment and even anxiety.
You’ll see the outlines of walls, including the defensive Themistoklean Wall, between the bushes or under the turf as you stroll.
Their change of expression (or lack thereof) is itself a comment on the meaning of nakedness--many appear more defensive unclothed, as if to counteract any vulnerability--and the effect is almost anti-erotic.
They involved a number of defensive measures, including caution not only about strange cars and trucks but also about unknown aircraft overhead.