helpless

Example Sentences

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Skyy Clark blew by one helpless defender after another on the way to repeated driving layups.

From Los Angeles Times

"You can show that you are not helpless, not dependent," he said.

From Barron's

He finds that men who have absorbed these ideas “feel helpless,” like they are “not ever going to be ‘man enough'” to succeed at dating.

From Salon

The label with George’s portrait quotes his judgment of the American Industrial Revolution: “The rich grew richer, the poor grow helpless, the middle class is swept away.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Another woman, who asked to remain anonymous, said: "Words can't explain the situation that we're in. It's horrible. I don't even know what to say. So many hopeless, helpless and lifeless people here right now."

From BBC