helplessly
Example Sentences
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Helplessly, I thought of my own father, who died when I was 11, and those old emotions, stored away but never far off, took hold of me as if I were graveside.
From New York Times • Feb. 26, 2019
Helplessly attracted to each other, they flirted sadistically with reconciliation, but it always ended in tears or worse.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2015
Helplessly cognizant, I formed mental scenarios while drifting in and out of sleep.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 24, 2014
Helplessly pinned under Chancer, Iyal resists, squawks and then relaxes, too.
From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2012
Helplessly, she let herself be guided toward the drawing room, all her terror concentrated on the simple fact that he wanted her seated before he broke his news.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
