An intensification of symptoms usually means she's making a last-ditch defense against the truth.

But you realized, even in this last-ditch defense, that it was only a matter of time before this, too, would be destroyed.

We'll pick off as many as we can from the windows and then retreat to the mill for a last-ditch defense.

The "electoral college" was the Constitution's last-ditch defense against an overdose of democracy.

Indeed, it may be the cell's last-ditch defense against tumors.

This last-ditch defense of equine progress cannot be sustained.

The administration's last-ditch defense of that effort was telling, too.

She couldn't call on the hens hidden in the tree; they were the last-ditch defense of the flag.

Let the colonists put up their last-ditch defense, he told himself.

The "walking wounded", including Hansan, are called back to duty for a last-ditch defense of the town.