Others, watching his stubborn defense of their liberties, came to regard him as their leader.

It was no easy task, however, to break through Short's stubborn defense.

At midnight, the attack begun, but their advance was checked by the stubborn nationalist defense.

Good territory for setting up a stubborn defense, bad area to get trapped in.

It was a long and tedious business, for the people made a stubborn and faithful defense.

The teams' games have matched the 49ers' imaginative offense against the Giants' stubborn defense.

A stubborn defense would keep them away from Taglios.

The stubborn American defense had completely taken the wind out of the Japanese attack.

His intelligence had reported that "the city itself and its environs have been carefully prepared for stubborn defense.

French naval forces, led by the cruiser Primauguet, put up a stubborn defense.