"There's still a somewhat defensive tone out there," he said.

"There was a somewhat defensive attitude toward an outsider," he said.

He still raises his eyebrows at some questions, gets somewhat defensive about others.

They do get somewhat defensive when the subject of violence inevitably comes up.

There is an unmistakable but also somewhat defensive attitude toward craft and form.

Right turns on red are prohibited and traffic conditions require somewhat defensive driving.

"After 30 years of being interviewed, I'm somewhat defensive," he explains.

There were many good points in your reply, but I feel that you were somewhat defensive.

State Street took a somewhat defensive stance yesterday, saying it was not for sale.

"But if investors must buy," he said, "they might consider oil and telephones as a somewhat defensive position."