Examples of 'wanted to defend' in a sentence

Meaning of "wanted to defend"

wanted to defend: To strive to protect or support someone or something that is being attacked or criticized

How to use "wanted to defend" in a sentence

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wanted to defend
And always wanted to defend the helpless.
He wanted to go into the military because he wanted to defend the things.
But when he wanted to defend himself he was unable to.
William was really scared and wanted to defend himself.
Robin wanted to defend her honor.
My son came to me and said that he wanted to defend his country.
I wanted to defend the honour of my party.
I killed him because he wanted to defend that tart.
Others wanted to defend cities to the last man.
We had nothing to lose and we wanted to defend our second place.
And he wanted to defend the peso like a watchdog.
He left to study law because he wanted to defend people from injustices.
I wanted to defend the honour of my daughter.
And said he wanted to defend me.
He wanted to defend the constitutional monarchy.

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The truth is that he became my close friend because he wanted to defend me.
You just wanted to defend yourself.
But he was brave and smart and always wanted to defend the helpless.
We wanted to defend this great country.
The man who spied on us had a duplicate key so we wanted to defend ourselves.
We wanted to defend well and counter.
That was his own choice because he wanted to defend himself on his own.
I wanted to defend the ball but it went to slip.
And you have slaughtered soldiers who wanted to defend our country.
I wanted to defend myself and others.
But the young gun is strong and wanted to defend his chances.
I wanted to defend myself from rejection.
At first it was thought the woman wanted to defend herself with the stick.
Wanted to defend her cause no one else would help.
Even the locals did not care and only a few enthusiasts wanted to defend it.
I just wanted to defend you.
They wanted to rob the bank and everyone else wanted to defend their positions.
I just wanted to defend myself.
The USMCA will also maintain a chapter on the cultural exception that Canada wanted to defend.
I just wanted to defend my country.
Dzhokhar said that he and his brother wanted to defend Islam from America.
He wanted to defend this country.
Everyone but Shawkat just wanted to defend him and move on.
I wanted to defend our title.
He and his brother Antônio wanted to defend the homeland of their ancestors.
I wanted to defend the institution.
The Confederates wanted to defend it.
You wanted to defend yourselves.
It gave the impression that it wanted to defend Saddam Hussein.
I wanted to defend the guy.
I felt like I wanted to defend myself.
Wanted to defend his friend.
You never wanted to defend Dean.
Wanted to defend her.
I told him I wanted to defend myself.

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