impotent
Example Sentences
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“It made me angry, but I felt so impotent because, well, what do I do?”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025
Rendered impotent by domestication, she’ll do anything to influence human events.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025
This impotent rage factor is important for understanding what's happening in Los Angeles.
From Salon • Jun. 11, 2025
Divesting of power from democratically elected officials has left minsters "impotent" in the face of a bloated civil service, she said.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2024
Again the audience howled, and John Isidore felt baffled and impotent rage seep up into the back of his neck.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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