DEFENSE in a Sentence

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For DEFENSE, below is one of 151 sentences:
They will serve at the same time as a defense for the Afro-Americans Sampsons who suffer themselves to be betrayed by white Delilahs.

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 Meanings and Examples of DEFENSE
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defense
 n.  protection from harm
Classic Sentence: (49 in 4 pages)
1  She could think of no defense for this last, for she knew Gerald was right.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
2  Melly rallied to the defense, though white and frightened at the prospect of facing the fire-eating Mr. O'Hara.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
3  Said they were needed for the defense of their state.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
4  Oh, it's so obvious from the way you rush to his defense.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
5  By morning she would have thought up some excuse to offer, some defense that might hold water.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LIII
6  The additional burden of her guilt with Ashley and Melanie's defense was more than she could bear.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LV
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.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LV
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.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LV
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.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
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.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
11  Without defense, she was thrown into it.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
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.
Southern Horrors By Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Context  Highlight   In II
13  As he was destitute of any other means of defense, his safety now depended entirely on bodily strength and resolution.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 7
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 Cooper
Context  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 Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 12
Example Sentence: (102 in 7 pages)
16  A thick overcoat is a good defense against the cold.
17  New Zealand was weak in defense.
18  NATO defense ministers wrap up their meeting in Brussels today.
19  Let's first suppose the second defense line has been destroyed.
20  Prosecution and defense lawyers are expected to deliver closing arguments next week.
21  The Redskins' offense is stronger than their defense.
22  Shea's testimony threw the defense off stride.
23  Only perfect defense could set four spades.
24  The weakness in their defense has already cost them dearly this season.
25  The prosecution and defense were bandying accusations back and forth.
26  He sees the proposal as more of a diplomatic gambit than a serious defense proposal.
27  The jury must take into account any mitigating circumstances presented by the defense, such as previous good character.
28  Millions of dollars were poured into the maw of defense spending.
29  Jean wrote a letter to the paper in Angela's defense.
30  Washington advocated the coffee break, then, as a morale builder — particularly for the defense workers.