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How to use the word Offense in a Sentence? Page #2

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At this time of year, you’re going to have to win in different ways, today was more of our defense down the stretch that gave us a chance to win. Although I will say that our kids executed some really good offense when we needed it down the stretch.

Kevin McGuff

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

President Biden hasn't done anything yet -- no offense -- because President Biden can't get anything passed through the Congress.

Amy Myers

Found on CNN
2 years ago

No second-guessing, just open shot, shoot it. Sacramento plays a really high pace and we had to get our transition in order and get stops and get our rhythm. Once we got stops offense came a lot easier.

Julius Randle

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Their defense is outstanding, they’re getting a lot of offense from their defense.

Michael Malone

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It's a powerful contrast anywhere and everywhere, it allows Democrats to get off of defense and start playing offense on the cost of living — and the good news for Democrats is it's an offense that is quite powerful.

Geoff Garin

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Some people can score but get away from the offense and get away from having their teammates be themselves as well, i feel like everybody was able to contribute in the games.

Marquese Chriss

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

He showed his ability to go get a bucket when he needs to, day in and day out, while keeping everybody involved, some people can score but get away from the offense and get away from having their teammates be themselves as well.

Marquese Chriss

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The way that Jay Wright wants to play is really similar to that of NBA teams, they switch into mismatches defensively, they don’t run a ton of set plays and, instead, their offense is very much built on ball-screens and creating/attacking closeouts. Moore, as you might expect, is really good at these things. Smart player, good decision-maker, high-level shooter off the catch and off the bounce.

Rob Dauster

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The far left and the far right are actually pitching the same story, the right is saying this is America, and you should be able to have a gun to protect yourself, and the far left is saying when you crack down on gun possession you create racial disparity in cities where it is a criminal offense to have a gun.

Jeffrey Butts

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Playing offense for Sam was so much fun, you never knew what to expect, but it was great, solid stuff, very innovative.

Anthony Munoz

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It’s like, ‘We’re going to go this way now?' so what’s that do? That cuts out a lot of guys who have worked their way up and become coordinators, because most of the (Black) coordinators for us have been on defense, not on offense.

Teryl Austin

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Lamar is really determined, i can’t even emphasize enough how determined he is to improve and get our offense where it needs to be. As a coaching staff, as a scouting staff, we want to do our part. We have to trust in Lamar and all the players to do their part. … Let’s go to work and get better.

Jim Harbaugh

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

In no way should this decision be interpreted as casting doubt upon the character or credibility of Ms. Limmiatis, or how harmful the acts she experienced were, this investigation makes clear what victims, their advocates, police, and prosecutors have said for years : The current sex offense statutes in New York fail to properly hold offenders accountable and fail to adequately protect victims.

County District Attorney Gregory Oakes

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We’re not running the offense, once we started Pac-12 we’ve gotten away from the system. We have to get our rhythm back.

Charli Turner Thorne

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

There’s a lot of hypocrisy going on, literally no offense to anyone, but I was a little taken aback when they were very proud to cast a Latina actress as Snow White. But you’re still telling the story of ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.’ Take a step back and look at what you’re doing there. It makes no sense to me.

Peter Dinklage

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Under state law, I think clearly you have forgery of a public record, which is a 14-year offense, and election law forgery, which is a five-year offense.

Dana Nessel

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We’re not saying there needs to be an absence of punishment. No, but the punishment needs to fit the behavior. That’s why you have a rubric, and when you misuse the rubrics by saying, ‘It’s any other serious offense.’ Then you know they don’t really have a cause of action to justify what they’re doing. They’re making it up as they go along.

Pat Magee

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We're going to go on the offense. We are tired of playing defense.

Stephen Bannon

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Well, first of all, I have family members and good friends who all work on Capitol Hill in Republican politics, and trust me, the Republican Party and people on Capitol Hill are embarrassed by this. So, I think I have a lot better sourcing on that than you do, Joy. No offense.

Meghan McCain

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Their offense is mainly run, they depend on the run.

West Virginia

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

If you apprehend a criminal after one offense that would have committed five, you have actually prevented crime.

Eric Johnson

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Across the country the ACLU is pushing for no bail or drastically reduced bail similar to what the hate-filled repeat offender Darrell Brooks was out on prior to him running down and killing innocent people at the Waukesha, Wisconsin, Christmas parade, if Brooks was held in custody for his most recent offense on a bail amount commensurate with his extensive criminal history then those innocent parade goers would be alive today.

Sean Pritchard

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Part of field training is that a probationer would make numerous contacts with the public throughout the day ... We ran the vehicle and confirmed that the registration was expired and that the registered owner had a petty misdemeanor type warrant for some type of drug offense.

Hennepin County Judge Regina Chu

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

That's the way we're going to play, when we have a quarterback like ours, and we have an offense like ours, that's the way we're going to play because that's how you need to play against Kansas City, for sure. That's how we're going to become the team that we're ultimately capable of being, by playing that way. I'm really proud of our guys. I thought we competed like champions today.

Los Angeles

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

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