Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: defending
IPA transcription: [dɪf'ɛndɪŋ]
Pronunciations of defending
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: defending
    Meaning: attempting to or designed to prevent an opponent from winning or scoring
Usage examples
  • Why? he said; are they not capable of defending themselves?
  • They do not see alike, and each is defending what he believes a righteous cause."
  • And--Lord knows I never thought I'd have to say this to my own wife--but if you go defending these fellows, then the same thing applies to you!
  • "Ah, sir!" she answered, "in the situation in which I am placed, I must think of defending myself against my own self much more than against you."
  • Whenever it comes right down to a question of defending Americanism and our constitutional rights, it's justifiable to set aside ordinary procedure."
  • He dreamed that he stood in a shadowy Court, Where the Snark, with a glass in its eye, Dressed in gown, bands, and wig, was defending a pig On the charge of deserting its sty.
  • Several times she broke out, accusing me of telling a pack of wicked lies, but my father told her she should have an opportunity of defending herself, and she must not interrupt me.
  • He was the most accomplished liar of his age, and, while winning and defending the imperial throne, committed enough acts of mean treachery, and swore enough false oaths to startle even the courtiers of Constantinople.
  • In our own times the art of defending the hands and face, and indeed the whole body, from the action of heated iron and intense fire, has been applied to the nobler purpose of saving human life, and rescuing property from the flames.
  • He marched rapidly on Naples, and entered it on the 14th of May, almost without resistance; and the two forts defending the city, the Castel Nuovo and the Castel dell' Uovo surrendered, one on the 11th of June and the other on the 1st of July.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Attack on Pearl Harbor, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Cat, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording American football, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording George H. W. Bush, License CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Chris Moyles, License CC BY-SA 4.0
5. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Common chiffchaff, License CC BY-SA 4.0
6. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Namibia, License CC BY-SA 4.0
7. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Battle of the Somme, License CC BY-SA 4.0
8. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording National Federation of the Blind v. Target Corp., License CC BY-SA 4.0