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

Its credo was “a rejection of powerlessness and the creation of conditions for civilized behavior. We are not overmatched by the problems we face.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

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

From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026

That tension between omnipotence and powerlessness is captured in a word: adolescence.

From Salon • Dec. 14, 2025

I was blind to it at first, but with Opal, I recalled the powerlessness I felt at not being able to suggest a trade, or even refuse one I thought abominable.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff