helpless
Example Sentences
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I should disclose that I am helpless in the face of good food packaging.
From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026
Because yellow-bellied sea snakes are completely adapted to living in the ocean, they are helpless and virtually unable to move if they wash up on the beach.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
It helps to have a dynamic, special athlete in junior receiver Jalen Flowers, who contributed one touchdown on a short pass, slipping away and outrunning helpless defenders.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Parents aren’t helpless here, whatever the settlement implies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Seven felt completely helpless, but then she remembered there was one thing she could do on her own.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
