haplessness
Example Sentences
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New York went over half a century of misery and haplessness without a title.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
Leveraging his benign dad persona, he paints a scathing portrait of our culture post-pandemic that makes you laugh at our cruelty, haplessness and delusions.
From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2023
I confess my haplessness because getting new trees wrong is part of learning to love them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2023
He also brings his characters’ haplessness to the fore by portraying them as not-so-happy campers lost in a confusing grown-up world.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 1, 2021
At last we hapless men Know all our haplessness all through.
From Poems by Meynell, Alice Christiana Thompson
