Fending Sentence Examples

He wasn't trying to be rude; he was merely fending off an uncomfortable subject.

Every ounce of willpower went into fending off hysteria.

He compared his conduct in that great post to that of a man floating down a river and fending off from his vessel, as well as he could, the various obstacles it encountered.

Being sent out into the wilderness for a night of camping and fending for themselves.

Crusoe's shipwreck and adventures, his finding the footprint in the sand, his man "Friday," - the whole atmosphere of romance which surrounds the position of the civilized man fending for himself on a desert island - these have made Defoe's great work an imperishable part of English literature.

Seedhouse, meanwhile, was successfully fending off Robertson with Tim Jones struggling along behind, still short on traction.

They have a history of battling not only aggressive neighbors, but also fending off the North Sea.

Uber was aggressive and creative in recruiting drivers, iterating its apps and fending off counterstrikes by entrenched taxi companies.

He's busy fending off a robot apocalypse by rejecting all modern technology.

As the numbers grow, the party becomes more capable of fending off the hosts of increasingly strong monsters they find, including boss characters and other tough baddies.

In the seventh season finale, Hammond captained the ship as she shielded the SG-1 team drilling through the ice, fending off Anubis armada long enough for the team to activate the ancient weapon.