1 She could think of no defense for this last, for she knew Gerald was right.
2 Melly rallied to the defense, though white and frightened at the prospect of facing the fire-eating Mr. O'Hara.
3 Said they were needed for the defense of their state.
4 Oh, it's so obvious from the way you rush to his defense.
5 By morning she would have thought up some excuse to offer, some defense that might hold water.
6 The additional burden of her guilt with Ashley and Melanie's defense was more than she could bear.
7 It was characteristic of the regard in which Scarlett was held that few people based their defense or their criticism of her on her personal integrity.
8 But now that she had spoken, many rushed to her defense and took her side against Scarlett, even as others, loving Melanie, stood by her and Scarlett.
9 The log stockade which Mrs. Champ Perry was to find when she trekked in was built afterward by the soldiers as a defense against the Sioux.
10 She began to call him "Ray," and to bounce in defense of his unselfishness and thoughtfulness every time Juanita Haydock or Rita Gould giggled about him at the Jolly Seventeen.
11 Without defense, she was thrown into it.
12 They will serve at the same time as a defense for the Afro-Americans Sampsons who suffer themselves to be betrayed by white Delilahs.
13 As he was destitute of any other means of defense, his safety now depended entirely on bodily strength and resolution.
14 It possessed no other apparent advantage for a resting place, than in its elevation and form, which might render defense easy, and surprise nearly impossible.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 11 15 Neither party had firearms, and the contest was to be decided in the deadliest manner, hand to hand, with weapons of offense, and none of defense.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 12