powerlessness

Example Sentences

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As I continued the trail, I started to think that maybe my endeavor was a reaction to my feeling of total powerlessness.

From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026

That said, the central theme—of women’s powerlessness through the ages, even over their own bodies—gets a perhaps over-thorough workout.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

"Everything should have led you to resign," she added, pointing to the government's "powerlessness".

From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026

Railing about powerlessness is a luxury we might want to save for the moment—should it ever fearfully arrive—in which we have truly got no power left to assert.

From Slate • Jul. 21, 2025

I felt angry at the guard, but I was even more irritated by my own powerlessness.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson