Exemplos do corpo de texto para put on the defensive
1. It came as he was put on the defensive over incendiary comments by his former pastor.
2. Senate in 1''4, Romney was put on the defensive by incumbent Democrat Edward M.
3. McCain, who co–sponsored a comprehensive reform bill in the Senate in 2007, was put on the defensive.
4. McCain was put on the defensive by conservative columnists who said the senator in a private meeting had questioned whether Alito was too openly conservative.
5. She said that she tried to be a "personal ambassador" between Pakistani immigrants and American society but that she often felt put on the defensive.