helpless
Example Sentences
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“Now there’s just a sense of loneliness that they both have. We are helpless, and we can’t do anything to fix that.”
From Los Angeles Times
Williams’ shift from prostrate grief to helpless amusement hints at hidden dimensions of a character who will always be a couple of steps ahead of the men trying to control her.
From Los Angeles Times
When the fires slammed Los Angeles, Oberholtzer who uses they/them pronouns, watched for news updates until they couldn’t take the helpless feeling of watching from afar.
From Los Angeles Times
“You feel hopeless and helpless, you have nothing,” she said, adding that she had to take out large loans to rebuild her house and livelihood.
"They left a mum and her three children completely helpless whilst her sister and their Auntie watched on in horror," she said.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
