6 sentences with 'defend'
Example sentences and phrases with the word defend and other words derived from it.
• « Some moths defend themselves with silence, like the mob. A fly, a beetle, a mosquito are tough, noisy flying things that the deafest bat hunts by ear, without even bothering to echolocate. »
• « Leading scholars in the United States, especially historians, concluded that the best way to defend the elements of civilisation with which they most identified, including certain concepts of rationality and political equality, was to describe all of human existence as a rise from primitive savagery to enlightenment, a rise that may not have begun strictly speaking in Europe, but which had its greatest success there. »
• « Women could not hold public office, nor could they legally own property or defend themselves independently in court. »
• « In 201 BC, after the defeat of the Carthaginians, Rome sent an army against Philip to defend Greek independence and to take revenge. »
• « A key legion that distinguished itself from the rest of the military was the Praetorian Guard, whose main job was to defend the emperor himself, followed in priority by the defence of Italy and the city of Rome. »
• « In fact, the period between the end of the five good emperors and the collapse of Rome was far more complex than that of simple decline and weakness, and even when the city of Rome was unable to defend itself, Roman civilisation left a huge and permanent impression on Western civilisation. »