Sentence examples for defenseless like from inspiring English sources

Individual member countries appear defenseless, like sitting ducks, before speculators who perceive the timid measures taken so far as an invitation to continue mounting their attacks.

Dad, especially, was defenseless, like a cancer victim running to Mexico to be cured with melon rinds, vulnerable to anyone who offered even the slightest clue, no matter how implausible, no matter the cost.

Maybe you were hurt when you were little and innocent and defenseless, like I was.

To begin with, there is a surprising lack of public sympathy for the woman who lost 10 beloved alpacas in one night, and for the defenseless, llama-like creatures who were unable to flee a mountain lion behaving less like a hungry predator than a killing machine.

He felt like an animal, not a wild one, but a scared, defenseless one, like a pig or a calf.

N.F.L. rules forbid such hits essentially against only quarterbacks or defenseless players, like a receiver making a catch; all others are fair game.

Mr. Adkins's case underscores the difficulty of this work: While many residents are defenseless — children like Jonathan Carey, or those with cerebral palsy or other debilitating diseases — Mr. Adkins stands 6 feet 5, and his weight has topped 300 pounds.

"There seems to be a hysteria that a couple of law professors are going to pick on poor little defenseless companies like McDonald's, Kraft and KFC," Professor Banzhaf said.

In part, that's because running backs are not considered defenseless players like wide receivers who are stretched to make a catch or quarterbacks who have planted their leg in the pocket.

Former Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska has raised the specter of "death panels" that would rule on whether to treat defenseless patients like her son Trig, who has Down syndrome.

"Nobody knows how often it happens but judging just from my inbox, it's certainly not a rare occurrence and what struck me as I started to learn about the issue of health privacy is that employees are defenseless against things like this happening to them".