defend
verb (used with object)
to ward off attack from; guard against assault or injury (usually followed by from oragainst ).
am defending
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present progressiveof defend (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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"We will do our best – I am aware of what I represent and of what I am defending."
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2025
"The programme I am defending is serious," she said, promising to "give the French back their money" by lowering taxes and hiking social spending.
From Reuters ● Apr. 7, 2022
“But I’m going to fight for changes and outcomes with the fierceness of a parent defending their child. Because I am defending you, and all of Rochester’s children.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 4, 2021
“I feel that I am defending my world when I am there,” he wrote in an email to The Post.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 16, 2020
"I am not confessing to you; I am defending myself."
From Historical Miniatures by August Strindberg
