helplessness

Example Sentences

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Helplessness is the flavor of the week, the month, the year.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026

Helplessness overcame them that terrible morning as they made one call after another.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2023

Helplessness is a reasonable, but not particularly useful response.

From Washington Post • Apr. 7, 2022

"It's a kind of hopelessness I guess. Helplessness," says Ross Simpson, 22, from Glasgow.

From BBC • Oct. 2, 2021

We still have the same high culture, the tastes and feelings of yesterday; and unfortunately, the same habits of Idleness, Helplessness, Waste, and Luxury.

From Household Organization by Caddy, Florence