Examples of 'fend for itself' in a sentence

Meaning of "fend for itself"

fend for itself: Means to take care of oneself or manage without external help or support. It conveys a sense of self-sufficiency and independence

How to use "fend for itself" in a sentence

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Each country was left to fend for itself.
Let the UK fend for itself.
So that leaves it to the business community to fend for itself.
Finland was left largely to fend for itself after the disaster of Poltava in 1709.
Then it is abandoned and has to fend for itself.
That animal can not fend for itself anymore.
Their mirror reflects a defenceless child that can not fend for itself.
Big enough to fend for itself.
It was their job to create a body form which would have to fend for itself.
Our youngster can now fend for itself.
Freedom comes when the specimen is perfectly healthy and can fend for itself.
The Middle East must fend for itself.
This bond will last until the young caribou is old enough to fend for itself.
Your neighbor 's cat might have to fend for itself a while.
Most of us were thinking of packing up, leaving, letting the city fend for itself.

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I mean, the animal probably can not fend for itself anymore . He 's right.
We will destroy the prescient 's food source and let the future fend for itself.
Becoming a " lone wolf " and leaving your team to fend for itself is never a good tactic.
The great port of New York City would have to fend for itself.
The Commission should not be left to fend for itself here.
It is not a mechanism once created, then left to fend for itself.
But it must be exclusive and fend for itself.
As for your society, you are convinced that it can fend for itself.
Constantinople would have to, fend for itself.
They fall back on that then, and every country is left to fend for itself.
Jesus did not leave the world to fend for itself.
Like most fish, once a swordfish hatches from its egg, it must fend for itself.
Then it 's abandoned and has to fend for itself.
Because I see a piece that 's been left out alone to fend for itself.
He's right. I mean, the animal probably can't fend for itself anymore.
Unfortunately, Malta has been abandoned and left to fend for itself.
It seemed Yellowstone would have to fend for itself.
Instead, each EU member state opted to fend for itself.
NATO has fallen ; Europe must now learn to fend for itself.
The economy, like the climate, will be left to fend for itself.
America pulled its last troops out in 2011 and left the nation to fend for itself.

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