"Nobody should feel defensive or unhappy about the quality of treatment they've received," he said.

This means they can feel guilty and defensive about switching.

Sometimes when somebody asks me a question I feel defensive.

Most American teachers who enter the project do so feeling defensive, because other nations have higher test scores.

Now why was she feeling so defensive about the Catteni?

Instead I felt defensive, as if we had too much.

"There are so many historical reasons for us to feel defensive," he said.

We have no reason to feel defensive about society's achievements in these first years of the twentieth century.

A. The industry is obviously not happy, and they feel very defensive about this.

County officials, he added, are humorless because they feel defensive.