"defensive" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- I understand the defensive reaction which makes someone say, 'I'm finished with love.'
- It was a purely defensive reaction, to keep out anything else that might harm them.
- His defensive reaction is to make her feel wrong.
- The move was a defensive reaction in advance of coming reports on inflation and the economy, they said.
- It's something everyone goes through at the beginning-probably a defensive reaction.
- The purpose of an attack is either to make a hit or to provoke a defensive reaction.
- Any direct hostile action on your part could result in a defensive reaction to destroy the data along with the station.
- Cutting back on the powers of our common institutions is a defensive reaction that can only lead to failure.
- Do not be surprised by an angry or defensive reaction.
- This is a defensive reaction, and that isn't helping them.
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