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Sentence Examples And a lawyer who phoned said that he needed an attack dog to fend off some of his previous clients. These men were free, as opposed to the serfs of the sixteenth century, and organized to fend off marauding Tatars. His hand scrabbled on the countertop, searching for a stick, a pair of scales, any weapon to fend off this unseen attacker. The victim received injuries consisting of scrapes and bruises, however, she was able to fend off her attacker. There were similar protests across the world, including Berlin, where bonfires were lit on the streets and barricades erected to fend off police. Assessments should be made from childhood so that people with a mental age of nine or ten are not left to fend for themselves. In a Pentecost scene an apostle at the rear of the group was raising his arm to fend off the tongue of flame, like a man attacked by a bee. Their children migrated to the cities and the parents had to fend for themselves. The Government was today trying to fend off a torrent of criticism following the latest bail-out for the cash-strapped showpiece attraction. Stroke victims are worried about what will happen to them if they are turfed out of the specialist ward to fend for themselves. How can he possibly fend for himself at all, let alone manage quite literally single-handed for 30 years? With that said, the man slid away into the night, melting into the shadows, leaving an unsuspecting and unguarded Nicholas to fend for himself. In many cases, corrupt officials collude with each other in an entangled network to fend off probes into their dirty dealings. Residents joins firefighters to fend off a brush fire in Southern California. Because the top concern of bureaucrats is to fend off future problems, the red tape piles up. So, too, the neoconservatives are trying to fend off critics by assassinating their character and impugning their motives. Colleagues vie with each other for preferment, yet must closely collaborate to fend off competition from without. Like so many storekeepers, Thomas feels his watch shop would be a safer place if he had a gun with which to fend off armed robbers. We survived although a lot of people didn't and when we reached Australia we were chucked out on the streets and were left to fend for ourselves. The only way to fend off the loud clamour of conspiracy theories is to keep the public fully informed. Show More Sentences Sullivan remonstrates with the Chelsea forward, who lifts an arm to fend him off. Eating plain yogurt with live bacteria cultures daily and taking garlic and acidophilus supplements can fend off future infections. We'll have to fend off keas from our lunch during the day and secure our packs tight at night. Improvised weapons such as shovels, chairs and table legs also can be used to fend off adversaries. A complimentary glass of warming Armagnac was offered to fend off the frozen evening chill outside, and we made our way home. A fortnight ago the lollipop lady was taken off the crossing following two near misses, leaving children to fend for themselves. Climbers had to climb the sharp cliffs in strong winds and fend of birds attacking with beaks and wings. They even attacked the policemen that were driving to the other police stations to try and help fend them off. Any time there was an emergency, Gus could be called out and his wife and daughters had to fend for themselves. When Bill grabbed a large broom to fend off the one-metre long reptile, it reared up, sparking a hasty retreat from Bill. The massive vultures also use their might to fend off hyenas and snap up the occasional live flamingo. Who, as a child, hasn't fantasized about being orphaned and left to fend for herself? In truth, the SEC's plan will force corporations to fend off a costly plague of frivolous proxy fights just as they fend off frivolous lawsuits. When Italy capitulates to the Allies, the Italian jailers desert from the prison camp and the prisoners are left to fend for themselves. It may be that leaving the Egyptian government to fend for itself could lead to a worse government in its place. The ducklings are left to fend for themselves until they can fly, at about 60 to 70 days. Hummingbirds are particularly welcome, with their precision aerial maneuvers, including steep dives to fend off interlopers. Rather than try to fend me off, like the crab, it attempts to hide further in its shell. We don't need the Mayor's protection to fend off a solitary journalist asking a simple question. The tip suggests that urging your patients to brush and floss their teeth after dinner may help them fend off evening snacking. Show More Sentences There are many opportunities available for those who are willing to work hard and fend for themselves. As the Robinsons discover and fend off the spider creatures, the technology brought to life by the FX is nothing short of stunning. Looking sexier than ever, he still has to fend off amorous groupies despite his high-profile marriage. However, they still chirp for their mother to feed them, until they gain enough independence and fend for themselves. Throughout the map, you'll discover heavily armed bunkers, guard towers and emplacements to fend off your foes' offensives from land, sea or air. Any animal fairly bristling with long, pointed horns and spikes simply looks ready to fend off any and all would-be predators. At the last minute, Armstrong considered donning his helmet to fend off any bottles or rocks. To fend them off, he transforms himself into Paperboy, an African American superhero who punishes with paper objects and wicked paper cuts. A person is said to have Aids when the immune system starts to fail and cannot fend off infections. It has been used for centuries to revive the spirits, enliven any evening and fend off the cold. Robson had robbed David Lilley of the ball and just managed to fend off the Kilmarnock defenders. The architectonics of the sculpted locks, the author argues, augment their power to fend off sorcery and other malevolent forces. The victim grabbed a piece of firewood to fend off his attacker and one of the attacking group brandished a pair of garden loppers. If you're old enough to date him, then you're old enough to fend for yourself. In the wild, if a female with a young one gets killed, other females may take care of the young one till it is old enough to fend for itself. When she was sated, sleep threatened to take her immediately, but she tried to fend it off by talking. Once they have been weaned by their mothers, approximately two to three weeks after birth, they are self-reliant and left to fend for themselves. Much like Max, hansel and Gretel are abandoned by their parents in the forest and forced to fend for themselves. By jumping into the race, Lewis could force Emanuel to govern to the left to fend off her attacks. Despite balmy temperatures, you'll need to pack pants, long-sleeved shirts, and, yes, even socks, to fend off the hordes of biting sand fleas and midges on the Tuichi River. Show More Sentences I know how to fight and fend for myself, I'm not some little kid. When an agent is caught behind enemy lines, they must fend for themselves. But in October, the United States turned to other parts of the battle, leaving the Yazidis largely to fend for themselves. However, they are all talented enough to fend for themselves. His mother had to struggle hard to fend for herself and her son. It suffered heavy losses and was forced to take refuge in the small forts, unable to fend off the attackers. As a banana republic, and former colony, we can fend for ourselves, or go to the United States if we need to attract the attention of a British ambassador. In addition, salaries in the tax administration are too low to fend off the temptation of accepting bribes. He has left millions of homeowners to fend for themselves, and even his health care plan is really only a stopgap measure. Japanese civilians, left to fend for themselves in Rangoon, evacuated as best they could and made their way via the Three Pagodas Pass into Kanchanaburi and thence to Bangkok. By this time, we've learned that a willed insensibility was one of Brahms's characteristic traits, one which he used to fend off bits of the world he didn't like. Why is it so easy for the minister to spend hard-earned taxpayer dollars on herself while making Canadians fend for themselves? As one of his central tenets of urbanism seems to be that buildings should meet the street, how does that mesh with pedestrian plazas to fend off vehicular access? I watched the fighter fend off or dodge the attack of every solo fighter. The government is unable to use the criterion of nationality to identify its adversaries, and immigrants are unable to invoke their status as neutrals to fend off suspicion. In the end, she told me to fend for myself and that's how I ended up roaming around until I got pregnant with this child. At the Dubliner that Friday, a massive white tent had been erected in the parking lot, and portable heaters were set up on the concrete to fend off the March chill. In places where there is no water for farming, men migrate to urban areas in search of work leaving women behind to fend for the old, and the infirm and the children. As she tried to fend him off, her hands were cut with the knife. Of the fifteen horses they had started with in Kamploops, many had died and the rest, too weak to travel, were left to fend for themselves. Show More Sentences All my chum wants is simple life insurance to cover him and his wife until he retires at age 65, or until his daughter is old enough to fend for herself financially. Having forgotten his baseball cap in a hasty exit from his home after siesta, he has to make do with a flimsy local newspaper to fend off the Mesopotamian sun's hot temper. Combining off-patent products with proprietary products is also to fend off generic competition. With their mother having to work all night, the children were forced to fend for themselves. In a futile act of defiance and frustration he attempted to fend off the critters as best he could. Their policy is to align themselves with powerful moneyed forces to tilt the playing field in their favor and let everybody else fend for themselves. Abandoned by their neglectful mother, four children are left to fend for themselves in this quiet, unsensational but minutely observed drama by Japan's Hirokazu Kore-eda. Now I'll have to fend off those nasty questions about getting the snip! His successor, knowing the war was unwinnable, nevertheless carpet-bombed the region in order to fend off an inevitable defeat until after his re-election campaign. When his father left him he wanted to follow the same path, and sought to fend for himself, alone and without his penniless mother. The Iraqi government had air power and resources available to rescue VIPs but left its cities under siege to fend for themselves. It was bad enough that families had to fend off the floodwater, but then they had to fend off those nasty pieces of work who sought to take advantage. She was pinned to the wall as one tried to grab her handbag but she managed to fend off her attacker and the gang fled towards the bus station empty-handed. Mary alone attempted to resist by force the intrusion of these soldiers, laying about her with a parasol to fend off the men trying to get through the bedroom door. As long as the goals for which state funding is received are fulfilled, the sector must be left to fend for itself. What really makes them heartsick these days, however, is that they also have to fend off mindless attacks from their scientific colleagues, particularly in Europe. On Tuesday, French soldiers used teargas, stun grenades and water cannons to fend off protesters trying to storm their main military base in the former French colony. It is our immune system's job to fend off and render harmless any contaminants that invade our bodies. It brings to mind one of those nature documentaries, where the wounded water buffalo desperately tries to fend off the hyenas circling in for the kill. There were three of them round me but I managed to fend them off. Show More Sentences It is only prudent to plan to fend for yourself in any accident or disaster. And you will not be left to fend for yourself as a new ERP package user: it includes extensive training. Without claws, spiny lobsters use their antennae to fend off predators. However, on the whole the IEPT is left to fend for herself when it comes to acclimatizing to the intricacies of our professional health network. The officer was forced to fend the dog off by striking out with his foot. Parks was ignored and left to fend for herself in poverty for many years. Church and community leaders at Cartmel Priory are determined to fend off wet rot in the roof and keep their historic place of worship in tip-top condition. In Arkansas, Democrat Mark Pryor is trying to fend off a strong challenge from Republican Tom Cotton. They were able to use their intellectual and emotional strategizing and fend for themselves very well. However, if he defeated his opponent, or if he were able to fend off his opponent from sunrise to sunset, he would go free. You fend for yourself and make your own friendship circles. You become resigned to this way of living, having to fend for yourself. He leaves us to fend for ourselves and we grow used to the mention of beachbreaks and pointbreaks and shorebreaks, of squashtail boards and long-radius speed pumps. There is a lot at stake for Sinn Féin this weekend, though, besides trying to still appear edgy and revolutionary in order to fend off accusations of reformism and sell-out. She was also seeking to fend off an arms race in the Middle East, where America's Arab allies are nervous about the rise of a nuclear Iran, and considering their own nuclear options. I got all the food and my sisters had to fend for themselves. She was not simply left to fend for herself after filming was over, and is in close contact with a network of concerned people, many previously involved in the film. The Bank blew its cover on Friday when it accidentally emailed details of the project – including how the bank intended to fend off any inquiries about its work – direct to the Guardian. Lately Zuma has been running from one court to another to fend off revived and expanded criminal corruption, racketeering, money laundering and fraud charges. It will be a huge battle to find the necessary money for long-term investment into transport infrastructures and to fend off the impending collapse of our road freight system. Show More Sentences But as food shortages have intensified, the population has come to rely more on wild foods that have no nutritional value, simply to fend off hunger. The PFA coating of VEGASWING 63 allows it to fend off any chemical attack. They will have to fend for themselves, because governments will not have the money, after privatising their nations' resources, to satisfy large corporate interests. The Administration can call upon its own legal advisers to defend its case whereas colleagues are left to fend for themselves, without recourse to appropriate legal council. Having no husband she has to fend for her family. Makes an excellent iced tea to fend off the summer heat. The well-being of children and their parents ultimately depends on the willingness of governments to support people who are unable to fend for themselves. In most countries, the reception capacity of these centres for asylum seekers is insufficient, many people are left to fend for themselves or have to use the emergency systems in place for the homeless. Participants agreed that this could put communities in direct competition with one another and would leave smaller communities to fend for themselves. Not only are some stakeholders left to fend for themselves, but even those who do benefit from the available activities risk losing the skills they have learned because there are no opportunities to use and strengthen them. The student was also horrified that two chicks, known as squeakers, were left to fend for themselves in the cold. Ivies, honeysuckle, trumpet creeper, silverlace vine and wisteria usually are able to fend for themselves. A guy who bails on his young wife and son the way he did. Leaving us to fend for ourselves. All Pulpit-fools are enemies to Love, If e'er they think, 't is how to fend and prove. Making use of their sophisticated warfare and superior diplomacy, the Byzantines managed to fend off assaults by the migrating barbarians. After 410 Honorius apparently sent letters to the cities of Britain telling them to fend for themselves, though this is sometimes disputed. Many children were turned out of their home and left to fend for themselves at an early age, and many more ran away because of ill treatment. Later in 409, the West Romans stationed ten thousand Huns in Italy and Dalmatia to fend off Alaric, who then abandoned plans to march on Rome. To fend off the Huns, Theodosius had to pay an enormous annual tribute to Attila. Two more Portuguese vessels arrived in June, were attacked by Chinese ships, but were able to fend off the Chinese attack. Show More Sentences Ellis realised that if it were to fend off its competitors it must expand outwards. For living are obliged to rub thro' to fend by troaking, buying, felling, the profit's aft no worth the telling. Nightwatchman James Anyon outlasted them both but when Mitchell Claydon dug his fifth ball of the day in, he could only fend it back. And it will do much to improve the lives of the latchkey children who are currently forced to go home to empty houses and fend for themselves. The breakers' recourse to choreographed rigidities and robotisms arises as a caveat in the face of exactly the threat it wants to fend off. Delta is trying to rally support from creditors to help fend off a takeover bid by US Airways, according to a newspaper report on Friday. Swann lasted just two balls before a meek fend at a Johnson snorter saw the ball fly into the hands of a diving Steve Smith in the slips. One scene called for Biel to fend off an intrusive chain saw using nothing more than a little metal lunch box. Would the idea of your having to fend for yourself abroad scare you? Other firms have considered letting employees fend for themselves, says Bill Shock, who works for the Unland Companies in Pekin, Ill. The Queen had to fend off a gazumper to tie up the deal on 18th century Birch Hall in Windlesham, Surrey. Wiped clean of the greenwash, Mr Cameron is a traditional public-spending cutter who would abandon families to fend for themselves. Fortunately, homeowners can employ a combination of strategies to fend off fruit fly infestations before they take root. Those led to 90-second televised spots on KATV, Channel 7, in which he'd explain to the 5 o'clock news audience how to plant tomatoes or fend off hornworms. Volunteers also rescued an abandoned baby great horned owl, which was taken to the Windy Ridge Wildlife Refuge Center where it is being cared for until it can fend for itself. Hormone-replacement therapy for women during and after menopause can maintain bone strength, ease menopausal symptoms, and perhaps fend off heart disease. Mistime it or try to fend it off and it can be an easy catch. After settling down with their brood, the swans were forced to confront and fend off Canadian geese that got a little too close for the comfort of the cygnets. While many are left to struggle and fend for themselves, a compelling new book by a former single mother could be the solace and survival guide they are looking for. Up until the Alps proper, he did not have to fend off any tribes. Show More Sentences Peter Benjamin Golden presumes that the Rus' khaganate was a puppet state set up by the Khazars in the basin of the Oka River to fend off recurring attacks of the Magyars. With the aim to fend off Lipton's challenges indefinitely, the NYYC garnered a huge budget for a single cup contender, whose design would be commissioned to Herreshoff again. They tried citronella to fend off the mosquitos, to no avail. After her mother passed away, she had to learn to fend for herself. Mr. Howley. They are telling him how much they will increase the reimbursement for the total labor cost. The contractor is left to fend as he can. The planet was full of creatures in need, who could not really fend, and the law was at its best when it ensured that they were treated with dignity. Clean and cheap, people have been using windpower for centuries, and many scientists are pushing for its comeback to help fend off America's insatiable appetite for power. Examples from Classical Literature There were six of them, and after the death of her husband she had to fend for all. Old trull and Bonney caught up the pike-poles to fend off with. He has not put us into His Universe and left us to fend for ourselves. Students and teachers stand side-by-side to fend off Death Eaters, Dementors and other evil thingummies. Draw, and fend your numbskulls 'gainst the whacks I'll give 'em! Am I responsible for those too shiftless to fend for themselves? The boatloads of starving Rohingya and Bangladeshis have typically been found abandoned by their smuggling syndicates and left to fend for themselves. Find more words! 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What is the opposite of fend? Words that rhyme with fend What is the past tense of fend? What is the plural of fend? What is the noun for fend? Use our Sentence Generator Nearby Words fencings fencing fencible fence-sitting fences fencerows fended fender Fender fender bender fender-bender fenders 4-letter Words Starting With f fe fen