It had lasted for about half an hour, and had clearly been testing our defenses.

With the fleet spread so thin, they appear to be testing our defenses and response times.

The giant put out a lazy swing, testing the ranger's defenses.

For me not to test her defenses at all was disconcerting.

They all knew that one must test the enemy's defenses.

He and others say the coming wave of trials will test the industry's defenses as never before.

I surmise the masters only wish to test its defenses.

Companies looking to stay a step ahead of digital thieves hire consultants like him to test their defenses.

Corporate managers also feel that discussing the problem may only encourage hackers to test their defenses.

For now they wait outside the range of my active scans, but a rush is obviously being organized to test our defenses.