Sentence examples of "defend" in English
It's a fort built to defend the town from invasion.
C'est un fort construit pour protéger la ville des invasions.
We have to defend our country at any expense.
Nous devons défendre notre pays à n'importe quel prix.
The natives have to defend their land against invaders.
Les indigènes doivent défendre leur terre contre les envahisseurs.
She's not here to defend herself against these accusations.
Elle n'est pas ici pour se défendre contre ces accusations.
That was the only way we could defend ourselves against all this terrible shooting.
C'était la seule façon dont nous pouvions nous défendre contre tous ces tirs terribles.
A good lawyer would leave no stone unturned in his efforts to defend his client.
Un bon avocat remuerait ciel et terre pour défendre son client.
As a public official you have sworn an oath to uphold and defend the constitution.
En tant qu'officier public, vous avez prêté serment de soutenir et défendre la constitution.
And when the first Muslim-American was recently elected to Congress, he took the oath to defend our Constitution using the same Holy Koran that one of our Founding Fathers – Thomas Jefferson – kept in his personal library.
Et quand le premier musulman américain a été récemment élu au Congrès, il a prêté serment de défendre notre constitution en utilisant le même Coran sacré que l'un de nos pères fondateurs - Thomas Jefferson - conservait dans sa bibliothèque personnelle.
The most perfidious way of harming a cause consists of defending it deliberately with faulty arguments.
La manière la plus perfide de nuire à une cause consiste à la défendre délibérément avec de faux arguments.
Everyone knows that he's no saint. By defending him, we'd be accepting and encouraging his views.
Chacun sait que ce n'est pas un saint. En le défendant, nous accepterions et encouragerions ses points de vue.
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