helpless

Example Sentences

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"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

He lifts his hands, palms up, in a helpless gesture.

From Literature

I don’t think it’s untrue to say that most people right now feel helpless, at least to some degree.

From Salon