defenceless in English
attacks on defenseless civilians
Use "defenceless" in a sentence
1. They were completely defenceless against enemy attack.
2. She felt utterly defenceless.
3. The village is defenceless against attack.
4. Troops indiscriminately massacred the defenceless population.
5. At times I was weak , defenceless, confused.
6. They were left virtually defenceless against enemy attack.
7. The cavalry charged down on the defenceless villagers.
8. They were quite defenceless against the enemy bombs.
9. When one finds defenceless prey, others will soon come.
10. If she had allowed him in, she would have been defenceless.
11. I can't understand the mentality of people who hurt defenceless animals.
12. No one is doing anything to help these poor defenceless children.
13. When I think of that poor, defenceless girl in their filthy hands...
14. In the first weeks of the war, dozens of defenceless ships were sunk by submarines.
15. He closed the door closed behind him, leaving her cruelly defenceless against his bitter attack.
16. The city lay defenceless before the most powerful fighting force on the continent.
17. Not only were they hungry, but they also felt defenceless against more allied bombing.
18. 25 The city lay defenceless before the most powerful fighting force on the continent.
19. This left him defenceless against the foreign white blood cells in the transfused blood.
20. In others, the need to dominate sexually may result in attraction towards the defenceless.
21. Afterwards, he sat and watched her: drinking in the picture of her despoiled, defenceless beauty.
22. It's a serious attack on a defenceless child. Police arrested the baby's father at the scene.
23. Why did she feel then that the whole edifice was about to crumble and fall down, leaving her exposed and defenceless?
24. 15 Afterwards, he sat and watched her: drinking in the picture of her despoiled, defenceless beauty.
25. Small but dangerously exciting trickles of pleasure were still winging their way through her virtually defenceless body.
26. Hutt panicked and struck again and again and again until his defenceless victim fell to the floor.
27. Synonyms for like a sitting duck include unarmed, defenceless, helpless, unprotected, weaponless, assailable, exposed, open, unarmoured and undefended
28. The slim man had seized the whip, and after two more murderous kicks, commenced to thrash the defenceless coachman.
29. Others Cowered behind rocks or hid in caves, terrified, as the gunman proceeded to shoot one defenceless person after another
30. Most Bulgarians are very homophobic, lazy and xenophobic and many are very cruel with those who are weaker and defenceless
31. Before World War I the word Bombardment was only used for the attack of defenceless or undefended objects, houses, public buildings.
32. That is why the Commission’s advocacy with governments and international organizations and its promotion of laws and policies to protect the defenceless are especially important aspects of its mission.
33. Their silent example of poverty and abnegation, of purity and sincerity, of self-sacrifice in obedience, can become an eloquent witness capable of touching all people of good will and leading to a fruitful dialogue with surrounding cultures and religions, and with the poor and the defenceless.
34. Undoubtedly, the unqualified support extended to the Israeli regime by a permanent member of the Security Council has served to embolden it to continue with its crimes against the defenceless Palestinians and other peoples in the region, and has made it more brazen in adamantly violating and defying a host of Security Council resolutions, as well as the resolutions of other United Nations organs
35. Pursuant to article 129, homicide is considered to be aggravated when committed with malice aforethought (i.e. after rendering the victim defenceless or taking advantage of their inability to prevent or defend themselves against attack) or in abuse of a position of authority (i.e. taking advantage of weakness on the part of the victim attributable to their age or other similar cause or using methods that diminish their ability to defend themselves) and in these cases carries a prison sentence of between 30 and 50 years.