helpless
Example Sentences
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"We don't feel lost and helpless and like we're failing when really we're just trying our best."
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
“But we shouldn’t be helpless, because we’re not helpless.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Years later, she testified against him, but rather than feeling empowered, she felt "oppressed and helpless" as she watched the man walk free under decades-old laws Hong Kong is now seeking to overhaul.
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
He has stuck his neck out not only to draw attention to the crisis but to remind Americans that they are not helpless.
From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026
At last he started home, but a tempest shipwrecked him and only after many and great dangers had he succeeded in reaching the Phaeacian land, a helpless, destitute man.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
