am defending
- present progressive of defend (1st person singular).
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
“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 defending the rights of property owners,” Mr. Botín, 79, said in his first interview since the seizure, which he called illegal.
From New York Times ● Oct. 9, 2015
"I am not confessing to you; I am defending myself."
From Historical Miniatures by Strindberg, August
