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Meanings of defensive posture in English

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Usage of defensive posture in English
1
The Muslims could no longer afford to cower behind a defensive posture.
Mother of the believers: a novel of the birth of islam
2
The reaver whirled to meet them, rising up in a defensive posture.
The Lair of Bones
3
The Redcap dropped into a crouch, hands up in a defensive posture.
Cold Days
4
Breathing hard, crouched in a defensive posture, he glanced wildly around him.
The Dragon King’s Palace
5
Nute shook his head quickly, drawing himself up in a defensive posture.
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
6
I should have approached him with a much more defensive posture.
One for the money
7
Sinon backed away and waited in his defensive posture for the next round.
Discord's apple
8
The six Marines were in a defensive posture, weapons aimed outward into the darkness.
Beyond exile: day by day armageddon
9
Harold Boatmann had folded his arms in a defensive posture as Pierson came to his point.
Moonfall
10
I recover, but I've lost my defensive posture.
Altered
11
His knives came up in a defensive posture.
Shadow's son
12
Reconfigured a touch to a more defensive posture.
Surface detail
13
He drew himself up in a defensive posture.
Seraphina
14
It was the basic defensive posture the island assumed whenever it or Amy perceived a possible threat.
iD
15
But he kept on his feet, and after a split second was back in a defensive posture.
Masked
16
She folded her arms over her chest in a classic defensive posture if I ever saw one.
Dying for Dinner (A Cooking Class Mystery)
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