helplessness

Example Sentences

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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 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

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

From BBC • Jan. 18, 2026

All we’re left with is confusion and the frustrating feeling of helplessness.

From Salon • Dec. 17, 2025

They knew they had to talk about the day, and the future, and all the hate and despair and helplessness, but...not just yet.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor