This group zealously defends the party's power and executes its guidelines.

Her actions, they said, "should be offensive to those actually zealously defending criminal defendants within the bounds of the law."

In religion, Luther was an enthusiastic Lutheran and zealously defended his father's teachings.

As governor, Matheson zealously defended Utah's rights against encroachment by federal agencies.

The regional Bell companies are zealously defending their local franchises.

Jimmy zealously defends his client by successfully arguing the police did not have a probable cause to search the van containing a dead body.

"Their job is to zealously defend their client," General Hemingway said.

As a result, they developed a strong sectional solidarity and zealously defended their turf.

Republicans zealously defended their proposal for a test of such tax-free savings accounts as an alternative to the standard Medicare program.

She would zealously defend it from the merest hint of gloom.