helpless

Example Sentences

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At Nowruz, he and his wife "just looked really down and helpless", says Sina.

From BBC

Gingersnipes was all the way across the garden, staring at him with a look of profoundly helpless concern.

From Literature

"I can't imagine how helpless people must have been," she said between heavy sighs, adding: "I really regret that I didn't knock on a single door."

From Barron's

She adds that Covid left young people feeling helpless as they tried to manage the transition from full-time education to the workplace and missed out on work experience because of lockdown.

From BBC

How long before it got here, and found him lying helpless and sick?

From Literature