We found 35 examples of how to use defence in an English sentence.
Sentences 1 to 25 of 35.
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| 1. | The man pleaded self-defence. | |
| 2. | That's no good! You're tall so you've got to be in the forward defence. | |
| 3. | The threat increases; a defence that doesn't evolve is meaningless. | |
| 4. | We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. | |
| 5. | Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law in a public trial at which he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defence. | |
| 6. | The house of every one is to him as his castle and fortress, as well for his defence against injury and violence as for his repose. | |
| 7. | In my defence, it's still yesterday here in Iceland. | |
| 8. | She came to my defence when I was accused of plagiarism. | |
| 9. | Quite apart from the concerns surrounding this injustice itself, it seems grotesque that this situation has been brought about by a committee whose very purpose of existence is the defence of women's rights and equal opportunities. | |
| 10. | The defence attorney achieved a plea deal of ILS 5 million. | |
| 11. | It is my fear that in an understandable but foolish wish for the European Union to have its own defence capability, politicians are forging ahead with plans that are at best wishful thoughts, and at worst dangerous. | |
| 12. | He practised the natural defence style. | |
| 13. | Fever is one of the body's defence mechanisms. | |
| 14. | Tom is a top-notch defence lawyer and his services are in demand. | |
| 15. | Denial is one of the strongest human defence mechanisms. | |
| 16. | A frosty east-west relationship led to a sort of brinkmanship where both NATO and Russia flew military aircraft close to the other side's frontiers or even deliberately made brief incursions into the other side's airspace, either to test air defence capabilities or as part of a pattern of intimidation or coercion. | |
| 17. | Tom killed John in self-defence. | |
| 18. | The police realized that Dan acted in self-defence. | |
| 19. | Dan claimed that he acted in self-defence. | |
| 20. | The defence attorney claimed that the police had coerced his client into confessing to the crime. | |
| 21. | Dan shot Matt in self-defence. | |
| 22. | Ignorance of the law is not accepted as a defence. | |
| 23. | The defence attorney did his best on behalf of Tom to secure his acquittal. | |
| 24. | Mary took a self-defence class. | |
| 25. | He trusted his defence lawyer. |