powerless

Example Sentences

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The despair and hopelessness are a response to feeling powerless in the face of injustice and watching long-standing norms be routinely broken.

From Salon • May 28, 2026

The question of how different people respond to "feeling powerless and being unable to change the way things are" is central to the drama, she adds.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

Within seconds, the vehicle was halted off the 60 Freeway exit at Country Village Road, and the suspect was left as powerless as a rodeo calf on its side.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

Nursing-home esidents, in many or most cases, are completely powerless and often isolated.

From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026

Tonight she and Lazlo had sought solace in each other and found it, and they had hidden in it, blocking out reality and the hate they were powerless against.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor