Sentence examples for defenseless children from inspiring English sources

In the letter, he spoke of the "serious sins committed against defenseless children," and he directly blamed Ireland's bishops.

They appear to be copycat crimes, with no discernible pattern beyond the most basic — adults attacking defenseless children in schools.

"Why did he have to go to the elementary school and kill all of those defenseless children?" Ms. Werden asked.

And, now "in an effort to better protect our youngest, most defenseless children in our elementary schools," police officers will have posts at those campuses, too.

President Dilma Rousseff became visibly emotional at an event in Brasília when she asked those present to observe a minute of silence for the "defenseless children" in Realengo.

Even with the blood of defenseless children flowing along the corridors of schoolhouses, the U.S. government has abdicated its duty to protect.

The nature of the "respondent's conduct involving an admitted sexual act with a defenseless child is abhorrent and not attenuated by the passage of time".

The defenseless child at the mercy of the world, unprotected by family or funds, is a resonant metaphor at any time.

Conversely, if you believe that life begins at conception and every abortion is the murder of an innocent defenseless child, it is hard for you to vote Democratic.

It was, cruelty to a defenseless child," he added, acknowledging that such daily father-son moments quickly exerted their hold on the boy.

The plot device is a clever variant on the sentimental motif of the tough old gunslinger who earns redemption for his sins by becoming the guardian of a defenseless child.