Being defenceless has brought about many evils, and being despised is one of them.
Although seemingly defenceless, it is capable of simply flinging itself from its perch, curling up into a ball and bouncing off boulders and down steep slopes to safety.
This was a savage attack on a defenceless young girl.
This was a defenceless man, an innocent victim. It has had devastating repercussions for his family.
Once impregnable, they are now defenceless against the thousands of tourists who swarm here each year to relax on the plethora of beaches and marvel at the imposing fortresses.
Humiliating these defenceless civilians is a real loss of conscience.
Her advisers are working to persuade potential rebels that its rejection would leave Brazil defenceless in the face of global economic turmoil by making any fiscal retrenchment impossible.
Not only are they dumb and dirty, sheep are utterly defenceless.
The village is defenceless against attack.
Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a dream snatcher. He's an industrial spy, who steals secrets when his victims are at their most defenceless: when they are asleep, and dreaming.
Look at you, lying there, defenceless and alone.
It’s not meant to be a grand new doctrine or policy, they insist, rather a modest “strategy” for protecting the defenceless.
Slave owners in Salacia were attracted to the defenceless people who had long been enslaved by the Snivians.
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