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Sentences starting with defence

Defence of him leaped to her own lips. [9]

Sentences ending with defence

The poor woman, who had no cause to doubt her son, but every reason for relying on his honesty and truth, was staggered, notwithstanding, by his not having advanced one word in his defence. [12]
It was four weary days before this jury was made up, but when it was finally complete, it did great credit to the counsel for the defence. [5]
What delight it was to burst from the shelter of the thicket and touch with our poles two, three, or four of the surprised enemies ere they thought of defence! [10]
He knew it was deserved, and he had no idea of making any defence. [11]
Then the Major volunteered some testimony for the defence. [5]
They would rally to your defence. [9]
Dark spots on the light sand marked the places where others had thrown themselves on the ground, or, kneeling, stretched out their arms as if in defence. [10]
Mr. Braham opened the case for the defence. [5]
They may, however, still serve, and even more effectively, as a means of defence. [1]
The committeemen and reporters on top of it rose to its defence. [9]

Short sentences using defence

Gering's defence was straightforward. [11]
It was her one defence. [9]
It means protection and defence. [11]

Sentences containing defence two or more times

Not one single word of evidence had the defence brought to discredit Crozier, save by Crozier's own word of mouth; and if Crozier had cared to commit perjury, the defence could not have proved him guilty of it. [11]
I am willing to accept Mr. Bigelow's loyal and honorable defence of his friend's memory as the best that could be said for Mr. Seward, but the best defence in this case is little better than an impeachment. [6]
My father will not see me starve in prison, nor want for defence, though my attitude shall be 'no defence. [11]

More example sentences with the word defence in them

Many of the young ladies and some of the University students were strong in defence of all the "woman's rights" doctrines. [6]
Then her tears would burst out afresh, she would utter imploring supplications to the gods for mercy, and a few minutes later, begin conjuring her mother to take her to the hanging-gardens, that they might hear Nitetis' defence of her own conduct. [10]
His first apology would be for his Scotch, and his only defence is that he was not a Scotchman. [9]
Mr. Cooke himself, who particularly savored of brimstone, would much better have remained behind the arras, for he was denounced with such energy and bitterness that those who might have attempted his defence were silent, and their very silence told against them. [9]
A love-sick fool who accompanied her drew his sword in her defence, raised his hand against the son of Caesar, and wounded him. [10]
After his death, which took place during his defence of a friend in the public court, a temple was erected to him by his countrymen. [10]
But Broussais's theory was languishing and well-nigh become obsolete, and this, no doubt, added vehemence to his defence of his cherished dogmas. [6]
So the departure was delayed, and only the brave defence of young Philotas, Didymus's assistant, and some of the Ephebi, who joined him, enabled them to escape unharmed. [10]
The youth spoke vehemently in Caesar's defence, and closed with the exclamation, "If he should still keep you in suspense, he would be not only cool and circumspect--" "Then," Cleopatra interrupted, "be nobler, be less cruel, and release your father's friend from these tortures. [10]
He was looked up to as possessing qualities superhuman in their nature, and so was competent to be the stay of the weak and their defence against the strong. [6]
This is especially true when the authority of great names is fallen back upon as a defence of opinions not in themselves deserving to be upheld. [6]
I have attempted to show that the defence set up for their action is anything but satisfactory. [6]
Could he venture to remain here near his victim, or was it his duty to use his powerful arms in defence of his helpless companions? [10]
There was much to palliate the course which she had pursued in former days, and she had carefully planned the defence by which she hoped to influence his calm but not unjust nature. [10]
I still adhered to my purpose of non-aggressive defence, and made no other use of my arms than to defend my head and face from further disfigurement. [5]
He asked permission to inquire of the learned counsel for the defence by what authority he declared that the State could not afford to enter into a policy by which grade crossings would gradually be eliminated. [9]
Is the defence to blame for that? [7]
Jersey was not to be conquered without opposition--no army of defence was abroad, but the elements roused themselves and furiously attacked the fleet. [11]
For his act there was not one word of defence to be made, and he was not prepared to make it. [11]
You make him the idol, to humble me to a worm; and what you grant the she-wolf--the right of defence when men undertake to rob her of her young--you deny me, and, because I insist upon it, I must be a deluded, unbridled creature. [10]
For the defence, the engineer and fireman both swore that the bell had been rung before the crossing was reached. [9]
It is, on the contrary, a most zealous defence of Perkinism, and a fierce attack upon its opponents, most especially upon such of the medical profession as treated the subject with neglect or ridicule. [6]
Champagny called upon the citizens to help themselves, and used their labor in throwing up a wall of defence in the open part of the city, which was most dangerously threatened by the citadel. [10]
There they sat, the brave sons of a little nation, the stately leaders of a small community, poor in numbers and means of defence, which had undertaken to bid defiance to the mightiest power and finest armies of its age. [10]
They had hoped that some part of the fighting men would be joined to them for their defence, but, as they soon learned, they had hoped in vain. [10]
Nor did he take the trouble of a defence, of pointing out that hers was not the whole truth. [9]
Farrar, in particular, surprised me by the violence of his attacks, while Miss Trevor took up the Celebrity's defence with equal ardor. [9]
Twice, thrice she strove to utter a few words of explanation, defence, but her voice refused to obey her will. [10]
How many more specialists would have appropriated her, if she had gone the rounds of them all, I dare not guess; but you remember the old story of the siege, in which each artisan proposed means of defence which he himself was ready to furnish. [6]
He forced a smile; but then, feeling that he must make some defence, he added bitterly: "Really, that sounds like the utterance of a feeble-hearted damsel! [10]
Each man's remarkable skill in defence was a good guarantee against disaster due to carelessness. [11]
He had a right to say that he was familiar with everything pertaining to the guidance and defence of a large army. [10]
They must be rendered stronger, or acquire more effective teeth or claws, for defence against new enemies; or they must be reduced in size, so as to escape detection and danger. [1]
At last Nilus referred to the trunk, which had been brought from Paula's room under her own eyes, informing her that the assembly were ready to hear and examine into anything she had to say in her own defence. [10]
There is even reason to suspect that the branching horns of stags, and the elegant horns of certain antelopes, though properly serving as weapons of offence or defence, have been partly modified for ornament. [1]
He assured the prisoner with a glance of the eye, with a word scarce above a whisper, as he slowly rose to make his speech for the defence. [11]
For their sakes only he desired to go to his death, sword in hand, like a valiant knight in league with those who were risking their lives in defence of the ancient privilege of their class. [10]
I have but one thing to say in my defence. [9]
This put Cluny on Delia's defence, and he praised her youth, and hinted at his own elderliness. [11]
But the defence of this case presented unusual difficulties, and we stopped several times to thrash them out. [9]
Your own defence of the Celebrity wasn't as strong as it might have been. [9]
The chief effect of talk on any subject is to strengthen one's own opinions, and, in fact, one never knows exactly what he does believe until he is warmed into conviction by the heat of attack and defence. [4]
A close-fitting mail of flattened cells coats our surface with a panoply of imbricated scales (more than twelve thousand millions), as Harting has computed, as true a defence against our enemies as the buckler of the armadillo or the carapace of the tortoise against theirs. [3]
On the present occasion, Mrs Quilp did not for a long time venture even on this gentle defence, but when she had recovered from her fainting-fit, sat in a tearful silence, meekly listening to the reproaches of her lord and master. [12]
His fellow dared not stir in his defence, for the pistol was trained on him too surely; and so at last the wretch, promising better treatment, crawled to his feet, and made motion for the pistol to be given him. [11]
The defence could not have fallen into better hands. [6]
The ex-chief did not fail to note that everything was ready, as if in the midst of war, for defence against a foe. [10]
Not that she needed any such defence, for her beauty led every man to seek her above all others. [10]
These letters are my strongest defence. [10]
I do consider my Essay of much importance so long as the doctrine it maintains is treated as a question, and so long as any important part of the defence of that doctrine is thought to rest on its evidence or arguments. [3]
I am on my defence, you know. [11]
Such families occasionally meet in council, and unite for their common defence. [1]
There was no material for defence save that offered by the prosecution. [11]
The Queen ceased long ago to believe in the possibility of victory, yet, spite of all the demands of the "Comrades of Death" and her own cares, she toils unweariedly in preparing for the defence of the country. [10]
He had not learned yet the arts of defence against adversity. [11]
Four Frank robber knights had attacked him and the train of waggons he had ridden out to meet, and killed the spirited young man, who fought bravely in their defence. [10]
Bryant indulged in it occasionally, and wrote an article in an early number of the "North American Review" in defence of its use. [6]
If you carve it at Thermopylae, or where Winkelried died, or upon Bunker Hill monument, and read it again "who fell in defence of law and order against fanaticism" you will perceive what the word means, and how mischosen it is. [5]
He was buried in the storm of battle preparing for the end, for the final grim defence, when his men would retreat upon the one last strong fort, and there await their fate. [11]
We war only in behalf of, or in defence of, democracy. [9]
And if their honours pleased, he had a defence to make, if their honours would but listen. [9]
One is in honor of white men "who fell in defence of law and order against fanaticism and barbarism. [5]
Enderby had gathered his men together, and they were posted for defence at the doorways and entrances, and along the battlements. [11]
Enderby had placed his men advantageously to resist attack, giving the defence of the rear of the house to his son. [11]
He had "killed his man"--not in his own quarrel, it is true, but in defence of a stranger unfairly beset by numbers. [5]
The monocle at his eye was like a veil to hide the soul, a defence against inquiry, itself the unceasing question, a sort of battery thrown forward, a kind of field- casemate for a lonely besieged spirit. [11]
News had reached his ears, that an artist had fallen in the defence of the city. [10]
One aspect of him she had shared with her mother, that he was a tower of defence and strength, and that his name alone had often been sufficient to get difficult things done. [9]
Biberli looked after her sullenly, meanwhile execrating bitterly enough the wild love which had robbed his master of reason and threatened to hurl him, Biberli, and even the innocent Katterle, whose brave defence of her mistress had especially pleased him, into serious misfortune. [10]
She told him he was a goose, although secretly admitting the justice of his defence. [9]
But what was he to say of the defence of Jethro Bass? [9]
She shuddered as he entered, and she now pointed to the door with an outstretched finger; when he nevertheless stood still and was about to make his defence, she interrupted him loudly and urgently: "No, no, my lord! [10]
We held our hands tight on our hearts, striving to call to mind some few of the words we had meditated with intent to speak them in defence of Herdegen. [10]
Even if Crozier had not told the truth as it was, counsel for the defence would have found it impossible to convict him of falsehood. [11]
Burlingame started hesitatingly, got into his stride, assembled the points of his defence with the skill of which he really was capable. [11]
While he was generally obliged to maintain an attitude of defence toward her, she now seemed to need friendly consolation. [10]
I should recognize, frankly, the new conditions, and declare as frankly what the old ones were, and why such methods of defence as you adopted were necessary and justified. [9]
Whether the military force of the United States was or was not so sent into that settlement after General Taylor had more than once intimated to the War Department that, in his opinion, no such movement was necessary to the defence or protection of Texas. [7]
With sincere repentance for his needlessly violent act of defence, he bent over the severely injured man. [10]
Him Nature giveth for defence His formidable innocence. [6]
They would have felt uneasy when separated from their comrades, for whom they would have felt some degree of love; they would have warned each other of danger, and have given mutual aid in attack or defence. [1]
He went so far in defence of the rights of man, that he put his foot into several heresies, for which men had been burned so often, it was time, if ever it could be, to acknowledge the demonstration of the argumentum ad ignem. [6]
He stands so far above your judgment that it is insulting him to undertake his defence. [10]
I have said everything to your father that can be urged in your defence, but he is so devoured with rage. [10]
I was angry, even aggressive, over her defence of the Celebrity. [9]
Again and again Dyck pressed his antagonist backward, seeking to muddle his defence and to clear an opening for his own deadly stroke; but the other man also was a master, and parried successfully. [11]
The two most distinguished criminal lawyers in the city had been retained for her defence, and to that the resolute woman devoted her days with a courage that rose as she consulted with her counsel and understood the methods of criminal procedure in New York. [5]
He says he didn't know it was a real marriage, and--" Luzanne then related Carnac's defence, and added: "Do you think anyone would believe him with the facts as they are? [11]
Their weapons of defence were two old pistols belonging to the Seigneur. [11]
Counsel for the defence rose and said: "Your honor, in our remarks at the opening of this trial, we foreshadowed our purpose to prove that our client did this fearful deed while under the influence of a blind and irresponsible delirium produced by drink. [5]
The weapon of defence and attack, the symbol of interrogation and incomprehensibility, was gone. [11]
He possessed no defence against the reveries except a warning or a jesting word. [10]
Its position was covered on the right by the walls of Pelusium, a frontier fortress designed by the Egyptian kings as a defence against incursions from the east. [10]
He knew he could not say too much in defence of Lindau's generosity and unselfishness, and he had not attempted to defend him as a political economist. [8]
In Ceylon a closely allied, wild species, the Gallus Stanleyi, is known to fight desperately "in defence of his seraglio," so that one of the combatants is frequently found dead. [1]
Thus the last circle of defence round the throne was broken. [11]
No man is capable of being his own counsel, and I cannot help hoping that the ablest of the, archangels will be retained for the defence of the worst of sinners. [6]
I suppose it can't be helped that we look at these things differently, and I don't intend to enter into a defence of business. [9]
It was like bygone years of another life to appear in defence when the law was tightening round a victim. [11]
She, Klea, was by no means minded to let this happen without an effort at defence, and it even became clearer and clearer to her mind that it was her duty to act, and without delay. [10]

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