Well, the first man we spoke to was obviously in a defensive mode.

This was trouble, and all of his shields went up in full defensive mode.

He would go into a defensive mode, retracting with each human victory.

They expect us to run, or to go into a defensive mode.

"It affects what we do because we're spending so much time in defensive mode," she said.

The attack put the team of five in a defensive mode and cross firing started.

"They're in a defensive mode, trying to hold on to what they have," he said.

But it has put legislative sponsors of the measure in a defensive mode, at least for the moment.

We play like we're in a defensive mode when the game is 0-0.

He asked the community leaders not to go into defensive mode during any "terror" incident.