Isabel would never accuse her, never reproach her; perhaps because she never would give her the opportunity to defend herself.
If she were not in the wrong, however, why should she desire to defend herself?
Her words had for him the effect of a sudden, though, on the part of a young woman who had of course every right to defend herself, a perfectly legitimate taunt.
She began to pray silently that Olive might not push; for it would be odious, it would be impossible, to defend herself by a lie.
Sunday morning, and she was far too proud to defend herself.
Indeed, there is no harm," said she (and still with her face showing her mortification that she was thus forced to defend herself).
Prudence sat silent under this reproach: she knew not how to defend herself.
If only the feeling of dread had not obsessed her, dread which robbed her of breath and the power to defend herself.
The old inability to defend herself, which was her gravest weakness, took hold of her again.
From them her thoughts flitted to those other vultures in Kellermann's picture, who perched on the sunburnt rocks ready to pounce on the naked beauty when she should lose the strength to defend herself.
However, she does not need such permission to defend herself in a criminal case or to bring a suit against her husband, or to defend herself in a suit brought by her husband against her.
Nevertheless, she does not require such permission to defend herself in a criminal suit or to proceed against or to defend herself in suits with her husband.
Madame Astaing had turned grey in the face and was so much disconcerted that she did not try to defend herself.
True, she was determined to defend herself bravely, yet her best friend advised her to yield without resistance to this unprecedented demand.
If her manner had grown more independent, she had learned to defend herself cleverly.
But she had learned how to defend herself, and they should never succeed in accomplishing this shameful purpose.
There was nothing to be made of one so well able to defend herself.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "defend herself" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
