defendable

Example Sentences

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The safe, defendable choice wasn’t necessarily the right one though.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

“If it’s good and you believe in it and it’s objectively defendable, then let’s roll, right?” says Bell Media president Sean Cohan, recalling his directive to speed ahead on the show called “Heated Rivalry.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

"The way that we bowled in the first innings ... and we ended up putting a score on the board that we believed was definitely defendable," he said.

From Barron's • Nov. 29, 2025

Brook said afterwards he felt England's score was defendable.

From BBC • Oct. 26, 2025

I had spent long thought over it and I was perfectly convinced that it was an act of justice, irregular, dangerous to myself, but morally defendable by every canon of equity and right.

From The City in the Clouds by Gull, C. Ranger