The child was standing in the middle of the crossfire, defenselessly. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
McCain laughed defensively as he defenselessly responded, "I'm afraid so.". From Wordnik.com. [Drew Westen: The Psychological Dynamics of the 2008 Primaries: Who's Where and Why?] Reference
He thought of Hed, gripped so defenselessly hi the heart of the sea, with not even the illusion of the High One to protect it. From Wordnik.com. [Harpist in the Wind]
Power Line points out that the Albright quote Palin shot defenselessly from the air and left to die is not a "Quote of the Day" at all but a "The Way I See It.". From Wordnik.com. [Free-Associated Press] Reference
We start with Ahmad (Ar) blogging from Syria who lists the names of the Syrian detainees who lost their lives when they defenselessly got shot at by the Syrian police. From Wordnik.com. [Police Kill 25 in Syrian Prison Massacre] Reference
Civilians are immersed in propaganda from their government, telling them that they are winning the war—yet they cower defenselessly while American bombers level their homes. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Writer, Huffington Post Contributor, and Former BBC Commentator Calls for a Military Coup:] Reference
Shaking her head slowly in hopeless denial, Si'Wren raised her arms defenselessly and remained mute as he took hold of the whip by it's heavy pommel and shook it out behind him on the grassy knoll, snaking the long sinuous coils into a long scythe-like arc as he prepared to deliver the first stroke. From Wordnik.com. [Si'Wren of the Patriarchs] Reference
Haralachan and Rualath both turned with predatory swiftness to see several of the over-servants, several steps up from slavery but still not of noble blood, standing before them, heads bowed, arms crossed at just the proper angle of submission in front of their bodies, palms defenselessly turned out in the full Gesture of Humblest Beseeching of Underling to Lord. From Wordnik.com. [The Chaos Gate]
Oh, what anguish was written on the faces of all around, standing defenselessly before the end with neither will nor way to stop its terrible approach, oh, what fear filled their eyes as their mortality was made manifest before them like a vulture's approach, oh, the pain, as fate stood before their distraught faces and silently whispered, "And to dust shalt thou return.". From Wordnik.com. [The Revolutions of Time] Reference
I can aver that he conducted himself always with a perfect modesty and decorum: he would preserve his equilibrium miraculously, when his perpendicular had been lost long ago: he never fell upon me but once (sleeping on a sofa, I was exposed defenselessly to all such contingencies), and then lightly as thistle-down. From Wordnik.com. [Border and Bastille] Reference
The present German Reich's instruments of power are so lamentable and so useless for a foreign war, that no defense of our borders against Western Europe, including England, would be practicable, and particularly the German industrial region would lie defenselessly exposed to the concentrated aggressive arms of our foes. From Wordnik.com. [Mein Kampf]
Yet they cower defenselessly while American bombers level their homes. From Wordnik.com. [Gus Van Horn] Reference
I open my hands defenselessly. From Wordnik.com. [A King of Infinite Space]
She looked so pathetic, so defenselessly alone. From Wordnik.com. [Frost at Christmas]
There was tremendous current flowing; a small child could easily have been defenselessly swept away. http://www. mexicocooks.typepad.com tonyburton. From Wordnik.com. [San Juan Cosal� water spout and mudslides] Reference
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