Should Israel then attempt to defend itself, the international community would brand it a war criminal.

When these women attempt to defend themselves, they are resisted and "put back in their place."

But she had too much pride to attempt to defend herself.

The defenders attempt to defend the bank and the gold.

Almost always my mother had to back down whenever she attempted to defend me.

We can get into the psychology behind attempting to defend a title later.

The division attempted to defend the town from attack, but was unable to make progress against American forces.

He was too frightened even to attempt to defend himself.

They still attempted to defend the papacy, but to little success.

Perhaps even now she was attempting to defend herself against some savage man or beast.

Wu, for his part, made no attempt to move or defend himself .

But this argument distorts the works in an attempt to defend them.

There was no attempt to sell or defend the reversal.

In effect I made no attempt to defend myself.

The President's attempts thus far to defend himself have been met with skepticism.

He made no attempt to defend himself with his sword.

It happened with such speed that he could make no attempt to defend himself or flee.

Holroyd made no attempt to defend the body he had possessed.

He stood with hanging head between the men who held him, making no attempt to defend himself.

Rhodan did not make an attempt to defend himself by speaking up during the debate.