Sentence examples for a helpless man from inspiring English sources

The giddy roadside execution of a helpless man.

And the cruelty against a helpless man is beyond conception.

On the first night of rioting, Mayor Tom Bradley who had responded to the verdict by saying, "Today that jury asked us to accept the senseless and brutal beating of a helpless man"—declared a state of emergency, and California Gov. Pete Wilson mobilized a first contingent of National Guardsmen (eventually, some 6,000 guardsmen were deployed).

Despite the Lieber code's outright prohibition of torture, American troops systematically tortured Filipino prisoners — most commonly with the so-called water cure, forcing water down a helpless man's gullet.

Rackauckas said the officers beat a helpless man, while the officers' attorneys said the lawmen were just doing their job.

If you saw a gang of cowardly ruffians set upon a helpless man in the streets, and proceed to beat him, you would not long remain silent.

There's Ricky Robb Wellss), a fast-talking fabulist with Elvis hair and a sticky-fingered daughter, Trinity (Lydia Lawson-Baird); Julian John Paul Tremblayy), a stoic drunk fixated on stealing large amounts of loose change; and the myopic Bubbles (Mike Smith), a helpless man-child whose kitten-infested shack is facing much-needed demolition.

For convenience! @robdelaney: Amazing to think that I was once a helpless little baby but now I'm a giant helpless man.

The first day back was spent sourcing help for a seemingly helpless man who had nothing more than three bin bags and the clothes on his back.

(Meagher 1967, 394-397) Given that Ruby murdered a handcuffed, helpless man on Sunday he could have been up to anything on Friday and Saturday.

All his traveling companions could do was throw the helpless man a lifejacket, as they watched him slowly recede in the distance.