Too many ghosts hovered around him, and he did not want to draw them any closer by lowering his defenses with alcohol.

He'd made Sabrina trust him enough to lower her prickly defenses.

To isolate the spy, she had to lower her mental defenses, becoming vulnerable to stray projections.

The purpose was to lower the member's defenses and open them to examining the cause of their behavior.

As he slowly lowered his defenses, more awareness seeped in from the outside world.

For somehow inducing him to lower all his defenses, to share with her everything that was his most secret self.

With what I know, we will strike the moment she lowers her defenses to attack the fleet.

I held out my hand and lowered my defenses.

Anna finds a security in Nick she didn't believe possible, allowing her to lower her defenses and be herself.

Against Tszyu, he lowered his defenses for a moment and was flattened by a straight right hand.