He moved against a tree and held his hands out defenselessly, hoping the deathblow would fall quickly.

Belwar showed no fear, held his arms defenselessly out wide.

To be shot swim- ming defenselessly in the sea was not an end he relished.

To lose men in war was expected, but to sit defenselessly and let an enemy destroy you with inferior weapons was nightmare.

She was left defenselessly exposed as the vindictive suspicion of several seniors burgeoned into open accusation.

So Xicotonca's scouts returned to report to him that the whole camp seemed to be defenselessly asleep and unaware.

Hirata was just old and out-of-shape enough to work hard in bed, but to be genuinely, defenselessly exhausted by it.

"And so I admit it," I said defenselessly.

He thought of Hed, gripped so defenselessly in the heart of the sea, with not even the illusion of the High One to protect it.

When he got up, he was wobbling defenselessly when the referee, Frank Cappuccino, mercifully ended the bout 9 seconds before the bell.

Across the room, in what must have been a real mirror, Drizzt caught sight of another image: Wulfgar crawling in defenselessly through the low entrance.

They stare at the electronic departures sign and the closed boarding gate, are defenselessly exposed to Muzak, and wonder whether the public-address system just gargled out that it was their flight that was delayed "for technical reasons."

Fastolfe, entirely alone, would be demonstrating his certainty that Amadiro, with all the resources of the Institute at his command, would not dare to touch his single enemy coming carelessly and defenselessly within reach of his fist.

The remaining assassin was there, too, kneeling before Danica, his arms defenselessly by his sides and his head snapping to one side and the other, blood and sweat flying wide, as Danica landed blow after blow on his face.

The squirming teen-age girl looked up, hoping that he might have taken some small pity on her hopeless condition, but the boy's eyes flickered in appreciation as he saw the delicious nubile feast spread defenselessly before him, undisguised rapiousness glittering from his pupils.

WebL, might understand the dread she felt at the thought of walking through the night so defenselessly, but he couldn't feel the panic and helplessness of not waking up in the same place where she'd gone to sleep, not knowing how she'd gotten there or anything that had happened.

THE TURNING POINT Some couples are fortunate enough to move on to the next stage where the focus is on becoming defenselessly open with each other as you try to create a new relationship based on the expression of truth coupled with a trusting respect that serves to deepen the intimacy.