defenselessly

We start with Ahmad (Ar) blogging from Syria who lists the names of the Syrian detainees who lost their lives when they defenselessly got shot at by the Syrian police:

Police Kill 25 in Syrian Prison Massacre 2008

Power Line points out that the Albright quote Palin shot defenselessly from the air and left to die is not a "Quote of the Day" at all but a "The Way I See It."

Free-Associated Press 2008

McCain laughed defensively as he defenselessly responded, "I'm afraid so."

Drew Westen: The Psychological Dynamics of the 2008 Primaries: Who's Where and Why? 2008

It is unreasonable for Sen. Obama to expect the victims of the right wing attack machine -- average Americans who never invited the fight onto their doorsteps -- to cower defenselessly when confronting ideological annihilation.

In Defense of "Divorce & Parental Neglect '08" Slogan 2008

McCain laughed defensively as he defenselessly responded, "I'm afraid so."

Drew Westen: Telling Stories on the Campaign Trail: Lessons from McCain's Free-Fall 2008

Civilians are immersed in propaganda from their government, telling them that they are winning the war—yet they cower defenselessly while American bombers level their homes.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Writer, Huffington Post Contributor, and Former BBC Commentator Calls for a Military Coup: 2007

Haralachan and Rualath both turned with predatory swiftness to see several of the over-servants, several steps up from slavery but still not of noble blood, standing before them, heads bowed, arms crossed at just the proper angle of submission in front of their bodies, palms defenselessly turned out in the full Gesture of Humblest Beseeching of Underling to Lord.

The Chaos Gate Lackey, Mercedes 1994

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

Harpist in the Wind McKillip, Patricia A. 1979

Shaking her head slowly in hopeless denial, Si'Wren raised her arms defenselessly and remained mute as he took hold of the whip by it's heavy pommel and shook it out behind him on the grassy knoll, snaking the long sinuous coils into a long scythe-like arc as he prepared to deliver the first stroke.

Si'Wren of the Patriarchs Roland Jon Cheney

Oh, what anguish was written on the faces of all around, standing defenselessly before the end with neither will nor way to stop its terrible approach, oh, what fear filled their eyes as their mortality was made manifest before them like a vulture's approach, oh, the pain, as fate stood before their distraught faces and silently whispered, "And to dust shalt thou return."

The Revolutions of Time Jonathan Dunn