helplessly

The GHF says it had delivered more than 52 million meals in five weeks and that other organisations "stand by helplessly as their aid is looted".

"I watched helplessly as water washed away my family. I survived because I could swim. It was God that saved me," Mr Adamu said.

Kardashian was left lying helplessly on the bathroom floor as the robbers left with their haul.

They “watched helplessly as images of their burning community played over and over on the television,” according to the complaint.

Having watched helplessly as three buses crammed with fans passed by without stopping, I walked the three miles into the city centre on match day.