Example Sentences

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And there was one who, delicately and unmistakably and defencelessly, showed me that I was not indifferent to her.

From Recollections of My Childhood and Youth by Brandes, Georg Morris Cohen

He received them defencelessly right over his bare head, with both his hands engaged in holding.

From Typhoon by Conrad, Joseph

If we had not in good time provided protection for them … we should have been exposed to the danger of having one day to look on defencelessly while we were deprived of them.

From The War and Democracy by

What, sir, is not he who throws himself defencelessly into the very middle of the ranks of the enemy, the hero of the combat?

From The Monikins by Cooper, James Fenimore

"I thought if you would give me a job," he said defencelessly.

From Miss Lulu Bett by Gale, Zona