How to Use "fend" with Example Sentences

1. Iran may well be calculating that it has done enough to fend off further sanctions .
2. First , she faces pressures to fend off tax-cut calls in her own camp to protect her deficit-cutting goals .
3. It might be number one in cameras but that is not enough to fend off the rise of smartphones .
4. Mr. paulson was able to fend off such pressures from congress .
5. How google responds will determine whether it can fend off years of intensive investigation and-maybe even more important to brin , page , and schmidt-maintain its heroic reputation .