undefended

Example Sentences

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As the home team sprung forward from midfield, Gouri found Mason Greenwood racing through an undefended inside-right channel.

From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026

Nicias, the peacemaker of 421 B.C., first opposes raiding Sicily because it would leave Athens undefended.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

Canada and the US share the world's longest undefended border.

From BBC • Jan. 7, 2025

At Amnya, her team also noted a possible sign of social stratification, another development often linked to agriculture: a cluster of houses that sat, undefended, outside the palisade.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 29, 2023

Briony, who in any case would not have left her sister undefended, lowered her head and said to the tablecloth, “I’m very sorry. I wish I hadn’t said it.”

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan