struggle defensively

Examples (10)

• The wrestler, caught in a hold, could only struggle defensively to avoid being pinned.
• Outnumbered, the team had to struggle defensively for the last ten minutes of the match.
• The small animal struggled defensively against the larger predator, trying to escape its grasp.
• When his points were challenged, he began to struggle defensively instead of presenting new evidence.
• Cornered in the alley, the man could only struggle defensively, using his arms to block the blows.
• The small company is struggling defensively against a hostile takeover bid from its larger rival.
• If we don't improve our strategy, we will be forced to struggle defensively for the entire second half.
• In many martial arts, you first learn how to struggle defensively before you learn to attack effectively.
• The besieged city struggled defensively for months, hoping for reinforcements that never came.
• He felt himself struggling defensively in the argument, unable to make a convincing counterpoint.