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Comer’s portrayal of that defenselessness is devastating: Mousy and short-circuited, the gloss gone from her hair, she looks small in her clothes and alone in the world.

From New York Times • Apr. 23, 2023

De Armas had to grapple with how Norma used a demeanor of defenselessness as a defense mechanism.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 1, 2022

“Things like this reflect the state of defenselessness and impunity that prevails in the country,” said lawyer Carlos Trapani, head of the children’s rights organization Cecodap.

From Washington Post • Jun. 21, 2022

If she was not an immaculate dove in those days, she was still inviolate; a passionate creature whose very defenselessness had made her defense, against which his honor forbade him to prevail.

From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021

She considered herself a heel for ever having been sarcastic to her aunt, who in spite of her corsets had a certain defenselessness plus a certain fineness Jean Louise would never have.

From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee