helpless
Example Sentences
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Many of our children’s favorite apps and social-media sites were built from the ground up to keep young users hooked and helpless to look away, consequences to their health and well-being be damned.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026
"I can't imagine how helpless people must have been," she said between heavy sighs, adding: "I really regret that I didn't knock on a single door."
From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026
She adds that Covid left young people feeling helpless as they tried to manage the transition from full-time education to the workplace and missed out on work experience because of lockdown.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026
Team USA’s vaunted offense looked helpless against veteran Michael Lorenzen.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
I feel so helpless that I can't even understand what a lullaby means.
From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman
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