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 sentiment of powerlessness, hopelessness even, permeates many conversations.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2025
It wasn’t an emotion he had much experience with—it didn’t fit him—and he knew it wasn’t really Thyon who had provoked it, but his own powerlessness to save Sarai.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
