Defenceless

Examples

• Never by word or deed have you attempted to take advantage of my defenceless condition to insult or torture me. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Wait, she whispered, leave them to me, and pushing me advanced, all defenceless and unarmed, upon the snarling banths. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• You mean--I'm so evidently helpless and defenceless? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Rosedale had spoken then--this was the way men talked of her--She felt suddenly weak and defenceless: there was a throb of self-pity in her throat. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Call to mind that I am a very helpless and defenceless little thing. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Lacking a philosophy they are defenceless against their own inner tendency to sink into repetition. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• In many ways we are more defenceless against these deadening habits than the people of Europe. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• But what can be expected from one thus destitute of every manly feeling of compassion towards a poor, fallen, defenceless relative! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• He made no great effort to establish himself on that road and neglected to attack Petersburg, which was almost defenceless. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Mrs. Bird, seeing the defenceless condition of the enemy's territory, had no more conscience than to push her advantage. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Political inventors are to-day largely unconscious of their purpose, and, so, defenceless against the distraction of their routineer enemies. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Here was a direction and a positive force to be lent to his child, he need not leave her directionless and defenceless. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• She could not even parry the shafts; she was defenceless for the present. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Its effect upon young Barnacle was to make him repeat in a defenceless way, 'Look here! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• These poor defenceless creatures were immediately fired upon, stabbed, and hatcheted to death! Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.

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