| 单词 | defenselessness |
| 例句 | She considered herself a heel for ever having been sarcastic to her aunt, who in spite of her corsets had a certain defenselessness plus a certain fineness Jean Louise would never have. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Mr. Côté, though, knows what he’s doing, deliberately calling attention to the defenselessness and uncertainty beneath the men’s apparent invincibility. Review: Six Strongmen Cultivate ‘A Skin So Soft’ 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z There’s a quote: “My safety lies in my defenselessness.” Khalik Allah’s Movie Captures Harlem Faces and Voices by Moonlight 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z But she also uses that control to mask her deeper defenselessness. A 'Carmen' in San Francisco breaks down barriers 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z Comer’s portrayal of that defenselessness is devastating: Mousy and short-circuited, the gloss gone from her hair, she looks small in her clothes and alone in the world. Review: In ‘Prima Facie,’ Jodie Comer Makes the Case 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z The precise Christopher Bloom brought to Don José both a boyish nobility and a hangdog defenselessness. Ballet Hispanico’s Take on ‘Carmen’ in ‘Carmen.maquia’ 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z De Armas had to grapple with how Norma used a demeanor of defenselessness as a defense mechanism. Ana de Armas never expected to play Marilyn Monroe. The opportunity changed her life 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z If she was not an immaculate dove in those days, she was still inviolate; a passionate creature whose very defenselessness had made her defense, against which his honor forbade him to prevail. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z “Things like this reflect the state of defenselessness and impunity that prevails in the country,” said lawyer Carlos Trapani, head of the children’s rights organization Cecodap. In Venezuela, priests convicted of abuse have returned to ministry 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z “We live in a state of defenselessness on every level,” Guevara said of the situation in his Central American homeland. From scarcity to abundance: US faces calls to share vaccines 2021-04-24T04:00:00Z Sensing his defenselessness, the boys bullied him, especially since he refused to play his part in the pecking order, where the oldest and strongest hazed the youngest without mercy. The Composer of Noise 2021-04-12T04:00:00Z “Maduro is the only one responsible for the vulnerability and defenselessness of Venezuela in the face of the pandemic,” said Carlos Vecchio, Guaidó’s envoy to the United States, in a statement. Pandemic fuels calls to lift sanctions as Trump administration imposes more 2020-03-28T04:00:00Z But during a recent visit, I kept hearing an even greater sense of defenselessness. In an Afghan City on the Brink, Government Control Is Just an Idea 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z Smells are reminders of the body’s defenselessness and porousness; they come from the inside. Cow Dung Goes High Design 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Szijjarto said it was unfair to put the pressure of “protecting Europe” from migrants only on Turkey and that Europe has to “eliminate its defenselessness” on its southern borders. The Latest: Sweden arrests 14 over plan to attack migrants 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z Women’s feeling of complete defenselessness is intolerable, also to me personally. Police Report of Cologne New Year’s Eve Details Chaos, Overwhelmed Force 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z And men, as they grow gross and impudent, abuse and offend their defenselessness. Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians 2012-01-17T03:00:21.120Z We were then, as always, in our chronic state of utter defenselessness against any hostile attack, and yet were in imminent danger of getting embroiled with at least one great power—France. Thomas Hart Benton 2011-10-09T02:00:26.053Z She was pleading for respect; she was telling him that she trusted him; she was reminding him of the defenselessness of her girlhood, driven by hard necessity into this strange adventure. The Girl from Alsace A Romance of the Great War, Originally Published under the Title of Little Comrade 2011-04-23T02:00:05.477Z Madeleine had all but cried an angry refusal after him, but, as brutally as on a gag in her mouth, she choked on the sense of her absolute defenselessness in the face of physical force. Home Fires in France 2011-03-22T02:00:24.093Z "At the mere sight of me she fainted dead away and lay at my feet in her prison dress, her hands coarsened by hard work——" This last proof of her utter defenselessness infuriated her. Manslaughter I love you enough to respect your defenselessness, but I can not let you go to be, perhaps, another's. The Gay Adventure A Romance The mere number of the figures occupied the attention for a long time; then followed all sorts of criticism, which the designer bore without contradiction--no one knew whether from defenselessness or secret obstinacy. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. I. So, when descend those tireless wings of thine, They stoop to make defenselessness their prey. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 2 August 1848 It's just their defenselessness that tempts the tormentor, just the angelic confidence of the child who has no refuge and no appeal, that sets his vile blood on fire. The Brothers Karamazov Other failures had left her with a sense of defenselessness in a world so largely populated by men who glanced up from their desks to refuse her plea for work. Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories We've got to be wolves and prey upon the poor lamb in her moment of defenselessness. Elsie Marley, Honey Meantime Van, disgusted with himself for riding away from a fight, could only revile his useless gun and excuse himself a trifle because of his defenselessness. The Furnace of Gold He resolved to retain at the monastery only some aged monks and a few children, whose utter defenselessness, he thought, would disarm the ferocity and vengeance of the Danes. King Alfred of England Makers of History It may be added that The defenselessness of woman is a conventional fiction: she can avert an attack by a look; she can terminate a siege by a taunt. Hints for Lovers I did not undress her from any connection of nakedness with sexual feeling, but simply to enhance her feeling of helplessness and defenselessness under my hands. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 Analysis of the Sexual Impulse; Love and Pain; The Sexual Impulse in Women "No. Although the law makes her helpless in my hands, to me her defenselessness is her best defense." Iola Leroy Shadows Uplifted I turned cold as I thought of her playing with her doll while I had been out on the prairie laying poison plots against her innocence, her defenselessness, her trust in me. Vandemark's Folly Utter defenselessness is accordingly, sometimes, a greater protection than an armor of steel. History of Julius Caesar The cynic of a moment ago had dropped suddenly into a sleep of more than childish weakness and defenselessness. Robert Elsmere Then he's in a pickle to free his weapon again before one of the messy-looking devils takes advantage of his defenselessness. Men in War In the meantime my conscience was awakened, and I scorned to take advantage of her defenselessness. Iola Leroy Shadows Uplifted Would all your watchful kindness be sufficient to shield her against dangers to which I hardly dare allude?—against wickedness which would take advantage of her defenselessness, her innocence, and even her misfortune? Hide and Seek It is possible for a man, owning a fairly strong body and an immensely strong determination, to turn the tables on the tiger, and force it to a conviction of pussycat defenselessness. Autobiography of a Yogi At this moment "society" in the United States is in a state of thoroughly imbecilic defenselessness against the new type of predatory savages known as "bandits." The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations But there were others who saw only the meanness of the place, its almost defenselessness, its fluxes and fevers, the fewness of its inhabitants and the number of its graves. To Have and to Hold As it was, the very defenselessness of her situation gave her, in my opinion, the right to expect from me even the absurdest sacrifices to the narrowest conventionalities. A Rogue's Life THE most striking spectacle presented to a stranger by the shores of Suffolk is the extraordinary defenselessness of the land against the encroachments of the sea. No Name |
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