He attempted a few more feeble, halfhearted defenses.

"Napoleon," Sharpe said, then tried to construct a feeble defense of the coded message.

The now unarmed goblin threw up its arms in a feeble defense.

I've never seen a clearer case of cold-blooded murder or a more feeble defense.

To be sure, "You're another" is a feeble defense.

Somehow, by not expressing it, she had managed to hold the emotion at bay, but now that feeble defense was gone.

He winced inwardly at the sound of his own words, knowing they were a feeble and inadequate defense.

The mother and father made a feeble defense of their children but were easily subdued.

Harlan flushed and was moved to a feeble defense.

Mr. Quinn's feeble defense of the pardon's merits has only fanned the outrage in recent weeks.