And all this had to come through their defenseless interpreter—me.

That meant they knew where Earth was, and how defenseless the planet was to their form of attack.

I shouldn't say that shooting a defenseless man answers that requirement.

But in his eyes there was no look of the defenseless: only a light of passionate contempt.

"You're a coward, to strike a defenseless man," said Mr. Baxter contemptuously.

Conrad, overawed, had fallen into a trembling stupor; Grace was defenseless.

And facing it, seemingly unarmed and defenseless, were the slender, fragile Wyverns.

The woman now seemed to him small, defenseless, like a child.

A terrible world, in which you'll be a naked, soft, defenseless thing.

I thank you, sir, for your chivalrousness in turning a defenseless woman into ridicule.