Sentence examples for defenceless against from inspiring English sources

And the world is defenceless against it.

Christians were defenceless against assaults by Isis, he said.

So here am I, virtually defenceless against it.

It is defenceless against any excesses in the ideology of the centre.

As a result, we remain, for example, all but defenceless against ballistic missiles that could be launched against our cities.

Taking guns away from honest citizens leaves them defenceless against criminals, who will ignore any gun-control laws, argue opponents of such measures.

The good society requires the state – national and local government – to protect otherwise defenceless citizens against private tyranny.

Luis Suarez's debut, and his early assist for Neymar, did little to cheer the Barcelona-based press who decried the team's "defenceless" performance against arch rivals Real Madrid.

They are wars of the godly against the largely defenceless – American fundamentalists against pro-choice doctors, Iranian mullahs against their country's Jewish minority, Hindu fundamentalists in Bombay against that city's increasingly fearful Muslims.

And without their 240m guns, it argues, Americans will be defenceless not only against criminals but also against tyranny.

"A power harnessed to the service of peace and human beings, not an inhumane power unleashed against defenceless people".