helpless

Example Sentences

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She said she felt "helpless" and "scared to react".

From BBC

After washing "everything" she owned, Sasha ended up going back to her GP feeling helpless and in "floods of tears", after which she was prescribed an oral treatment that finally resolved the condition.

From BBC

Then Jacob, never wanting to be seen as the helpless little brother, chimes in, “No, Isaac, let it be me who stays behind. I am swifter than you, and I will manage on my own.”

From Literature

“Not in any way that’s meant to embarrass you or make you feel helpless.”

From Literature

Hilary, however, feels "totally helpless" and at the end of her tether.

From BBC