Examples of 'defending himself' in a sentence

Meaning of "defending himself"

Defending himself means taking actions to protect oneself from harm or accusations. It can refer to physically defending oneself in a fight or taking measures to prove one's innocence in a legal case

How to use "defending himself" in a sentence

Basic
Advanced
defending himself
Probably defending himself from the killer.
I think he killed the lion defending himself.
My dad was defending himself from a belligerent arrest.
I attacked him and he was just defending himself.
Defending himself against this imaginary old woman.
He was killed yesterday defending himself from a robbery.
Defending himself against this bullshit.
And he is quiet capable of defending himself in a fistfight.
Calison defending himself sounds like good news to me.
Jack shot him because he was defending himself.
Maybe he was defending himself with something.
The inspector said that he was defending himself.
Callison defending himself sounds like good news.
And no wounds left from defending himself.
Hiding and defending himself from the enemy.

See also

I know the boy was only defending himself.
He was defending himself from a bigger boy.
Orwell has finally started defending himself.
Sami is defending himself to the end.
He was trying to apologize while also defending himself.
While defending himself with this.
He wasted no time answering or defending himself against enemies.
Defending himself and his findings.
Khrushchev sent me a letter defending himself from my accusations.
He is defending himself against the common view of the phase.
It could be the unsub was initially just defending himself.
He was defending himself and his wife.
That kid was just defending himself.
Probably from defending himself from whoever beat the crap out of him.
The guy in the mask was definitely defending himself.
Peter was simply defending himself and his master.
The rest of his life was spent in defending himself.
He will be defending himself too.
The guy who shot me said he was defending himself.
I hope he keeps defending himself and stating his views.
Alamán published a tract defending himself.
While defending himself.
He was so adamant about defending himself.
Just defending himself.
Looks like he died defending himself.
In defending himself the first figure that occurs to him is taken from mythology.
Quarlo was simply defending himself.
Quarlo was simply defending himself in a strange situation when he fired at the police car.
This man was only defending himself.
Daugherty revealed that Ragin was the aggressor in the fight and Jones was defending himself.
Maybe he was just defending himself.
Vision defending himself from Corvus Glaive.
My husband was just defending himself.
Or just defending himself and his allies?
More than capable of defending himself.

You'll also be interested in:

Examples of using Defending
Defending social justice and sustainable development
The administration is defending against the appeal
Defending your father is like defending smallpox
Show more

Search by letter in the English dictionary