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Sentence count:241+10Posted:2016-07-19Updated:2020-07-24
Antonym: aggressiveoffensiveSimilar words: offensivedefenseextensivecomprehensivedefenderdefendantsensitiveoffenseMeaning: [-sɪv]  n. an attitude of defensiveness (especially in the phrase `on the defensive'). adj. 1. intended or appropriate for defending against or deterring aggression or attack 2. attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing 3. serving as or appropriate for defending or protecting. 
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91. They then become defensive, withdrawn, or too angry themselves to care about your feelings.
92. The herd solves this problem by forming a defensive circle when marauding wolves attack.
93. Now, suddenly, those who clung to these notions were thrown on to the defensive and soon outnumbered.
94. Dave Campo is the Cowboys' third defensive coordinator in four years.
95. It is feared that the troops may lose control of several key defensive positions around the city.
96. Police officers claimed that their actions during the riots were purely defensive.
97. The Raiders are getting stuffed because the defensive line is penetrating.
98. This defensive reaction is a learned one against the pain of remembered failure.
99. In an odd decision that White did not fully explain, veteran defensive lineman Nolan Harrison did not suit up Sunday night.
100. Tradition, then, becomes a strong power base from which to employ a defensive strategy to resist change.
100. Sentencedict.com is a online sentence dictionary, on which you can find excellent sentences for a large number of words.
101. At that time many amalgamations were the outcome of defensive alliances in the face of international competition and declining markets.
102. He was impeccable in defence, and posed a constant threat to the Springboks' defensive wall.
103. Starting defensive end Michael Bankston has heard the rumors he will move to tackle to play next to Eric Swann.
104. The third came from another defensive clearance which found Connolly in his own half inside the centre circle.
105. You know how when a player sets a screen, the defensive player has to go around the screen?
106. According to the report, only defensive weapons had been supplied to Iran.
107. Its wooden centre section can be raised and lowered to form a defensive barrier.
108. Fien is no stranger to Tormey, who recruited him when he was defensive coordinator at Washington.
109. It was this factor more than any other which caused officials and Ministers alike to adopt such defensive postures.
110. Backup defensive lineman Junior Bryant deflected the pass that Doleman intercepted....
111. This is a cat with a limp body that genetically lacks the usual defensive reactions of felines.
112. A comedy of errors as Collegians tried to clear from a defensive line out presented McCall with the simplest of scores.
113. Existing companies-bookstores, for example-are taking defensive action against online retailers.
114. After defensive end Charles Haley had back surgery last month, the coaches moved tackle Leon Lett to end.
115. They can even recognize depth and may respond with a defensive reaction to approaching objects.
116. Every 100 kilometres had approximately two defensive positions, 200 soldiers and five or six cannon.
117. We still held the point where the roads converged at Chancellorsville, but our position promised more for offensive than defensive battle.
118. The Raiders leaned on their deep defensive line, which limited Jacksonville to only 69 yards rushing and sacked Brunell three times.
119. The chemical signal can be recognized by other defensive organisms in our bodies.
120. Four defensive starters are freshmen, two others are sophomores, and another is a first-year junior college transfer.
More similar words: offensivedefenseextensivecomprehensivedefenderdefendantsensitiveoffensemassivetensionpensiondensityexclusiveexcessiveextensiondimensionintensityaggressiveimpressivedimensionsprogressiveexclusivelysensitivitycomprehensioncomprehensiblereferfenceoffenderdefinereference
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