Sentence examples for almost defenceless from inspiring English sources

And Taiwan will remain almost defenceless against China's huge and fast growing ballistic-missile arsenal on the coast facing the island.China's dummy missile tests off Taiwan's two main ports in early 1996 showed it could terrorise the island without even moving its troops, though an invasion would be much harder.

The whales are perfectly capable of diving to such depths, and a giant squid is almost defenceless against them.

Carthage was almost defenceless and when besieged, submitted.

Carthage was almost defenceless and when besieged offered immediate surrender, conceding to a string of outrageous Roman demands.

However, men do have one weapon, because, although not many realize this, women are almost defenceless against men with money.

As it was the middle of the Chinese New Year, most of the Chinese Volunteers Corps were on leave, leaving Singapore almost defenceless against the mutiny.

So here am I, virtually defenceless against it.

This left the colony virtually defenceless.

The colony was virtually defenceless, and had the Russians had hostile intent, would probably have easily fallen.

These abuses are a manifestation of the world's systematic failure to protect those who are most defenceless.

Never again!'"  "As I pulverised him with my eyes he seemed small, defenceless, almost a victim of his own notoriety.