helplessness

Example Sentences

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Reducing the feelings of helplessness and even rage that new parents experience is itself a meaningful thing.

From Slate • May 3, 2026

With every passing minute, the frustration and helplessness grew heavier.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2026

"It leaves you with a feeling of helplessness," she says, "but I am going to keep trying."

From BBC • Jan. 18, 2026

Thousands of young undocumented migrants in Guinea have disappeared along migration routes in recent years, leaving their families in a state of uncertainty and helplessness.

From Barron's • Dec. 17, 2025

I hated it when he cried like that, for it heightened, and made more real, my feelings of confusion, terror and helplessness.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane