helplessness

Example Sentences

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In a pathetic display of learned helplessness, California business leaders have collaborated in their own abasement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 17, 2026

Better equipped to mother Boy No. 2 or stricken with learned helplessness from being coddled by an expert on my phone day in and day out?

From Slate • May 10, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2026

"With a face full of resentment and helplessness, it really looks like an employee coaxing themselves to go to work," wrote one Weibo user.

From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026

There was a helplessness to his joy, the same kind of helplessness as in that womans despair.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie