All 5 Uses of
vulnerable
in
Misery, by Stephen King
- His need for her and his vulnerability to her screamed at him to back off, to placate her while there was still time if indeed there still was, as a tribe in one of those Rider Haggard stories would have placated their goddess when she was angry, by making sacrifice to her effigy.†
Chpt 1 *
- He tried to draw them up, make them less vulnerable less of a target, and his knee screamed.†
Chpt 2
- 'If you make me much madder, I don't promise to be responsible,' she said, but he sensed the crisis was already past, she was strangely vulnerable to these concepts of discipline and behavior.†
Chpt 3vulnerable to = easily hurt by; or easily influenced or tempted by; or "easily hurt" to
- He was so vulnerable now.†
Chpt 3
- So fucking vulnerable to everything.†
Chpt 3vulnerable to = easily hurt by; or easily influenced or tempted by; or "easily hurt" to
Definitions:
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(1)
(vulnerable) easily hurt or in need of help; or easily influenced or subject to temptation
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Specialized Definitions for vulnerable:
Ecology: species believed likely to move into the endangered category if no action is taken
Bridge (card game): the period after winning one game in a rubber when higher penalties (and bonuses) are scored