fiercely defensive
Frequency: 5.03.2 per million words
To be defensive in an angry or aggressive way.
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Examples (20)
- He did not once glance at his listeners and seemed fiercely defensive.
- She became fiercely defensive when questioned about her work.
- The CEO became fiercely defensive when questioned about the company's poor performance.
- The manager was fiercely defensive of his team's performance.
- She is fiercely defensive of her children and will not tolerate any criticism of them.
- He grew fiercely defensive whenever anyone criticized his methods.
- Anytime his past is brought up, he gets fiercely defensive.
- The politician remained fiercely defensive during the heated interview.
- The author was fiercely defensive about the controversial themes in his novel.
- She turned fiercely defensive at the slightest hint of criticism.
- During the press conference, the politician grew fiercely defensive regarding her voting record.
- The CEO was fiercely defensive about the company's controversial policies.
- He has always been fiercely defensive about his artistic choices.
- He became fiercely defensive when his integrity was questioned.
- You don't need to be so fiercely defensive; it was just a simple question.
- The artist was fiercely defensive of her creative choices.
- Her reaction was fiercely defensive, which made us suspect she was hiding something.
- She responded in a fiercely defensive manner to the accusations.
- They remained fiercely defensive of their unconventional lifestyle against public scrutiny.
- The coach was fiercely defensive when reporters criticized his strategy.