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Meanings of defensive attitude in English
Catalan
actitud defensiva Spanish
actitud defensiva Usage of defensive attitude in English
1
The monster flapped its wings and startled him into a defensive attitude.
2
The firm defensive attitude of the people of Lawrence had produced its effect.
3
The protectress appeared-possiblyfrom her defensive attitude-thesuperior of her companion.
4
After its surrender they fell back and resumed a defensive attitude.
5
So crude a distribution would have meant a purely defensive attitude.
6
While this was going on, I had resumed my defensive attitude.
7
He came out and stood beside them in a sort of alert defensive attitude.
8
Cocking their rifles and putting themselves in a defensive attitude, they prepare for battle.
9
Instead a narrow, conservative and highly defensive attitude was adopted.
10
Her brother, motionless in a defensive attitude, protected her retreat.
11
What it does involve in both cases is a defensive attitude; a vigilance on the frontiers.
12
The more he thought of it the warmer became his defensive attitude toward the unknown Alice.
13
He maintained a strictly defensive attitude, and did not cross the bounds of the Roman province.
14
He did not even trouble to place himself in a better defensive attitude against possible attack.
15
At the same time, the defensive attitude adopted at the beginning of the Somme campaign was repudiated.
16
Keep the soul in a defensive attitude.
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Defensive attitude through the time
Defensive attitude across language varieties
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