undefended
Example Sentences
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Japanese defense planners are also looking east, to the country’s Pacific side, where a jumble of tiny Japanese islands and outcrops lie more or less undefended.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
As the home team sprung forward from midfield, Gouri found Mason Greenwood racing through an undefended inside-right channel.
From Barron's ● Feb. 3, 2026
It didn’t take long for the Stars to score from there, with Robertson setting up in the slot undefended, taking a pass and wristing the puck past Grubauer to make it 2-0.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 13, 2024
In 1941, Wales became a major battleground, not only because of the industrial targets along the Bristol Channel, but because of the undefended route it offered to the north-west of England.
From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2022
Briony, who in any case would not have left her sister undefended, lowered her head and said to the tablecloth, “I’m very sorry. I wish I hadn’t said it.”
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
