What is "defends"

Usage examples of "defends".

Without understanding the validity of her reactions, a man commonly defends himself, and they argue.

He defends his point of view while she defends herself from his sharpened expressions, which are hurtful to her.

And here th' access a gloomy grove defends, And there th' unnavigable lake extends, O'er whose unhappy waters, void of light, No bird presumes to steer his airy flight.

Now Turnus doubts, and yet disdains to yield, But with slow paces measures back the field, And inches to the walls, where Tiber's tide, Washing the camp, defends the weaker side.

Then, seeing that all is lost, he snatches a gun from one of his murderers and bravely defends himself.

The Advocate, standing beside the man, defends him and speaks for him: Satan, confront ing the man, accuses him.

Susan prosecutes misdemeanors, Helen defends wayward FBI men, and Claire goes into corporate law to finance her father’s expensive tastes in his old age.

Voider defends Dr Robertson’s friendship with Zhu (and association with deposed Congo strongman Mobutu) on the grounds that “Pat would meet with the Devil if that is only way to help suffering people.

He defends TV by saying it is by the people, for the people, of the people and so was Charles Dickens.