helplessly
Example Sentences
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"Now I'm just fretting helplessly, there is nothing I can do."
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
One cannot avoid squabbling, she wrote, because it constitutes “the natural state of people pitted against each other, helplessly furious people.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
Intel, as investors are painfully aware, has watched helplessly as other tech companies racked up huge gains.
From Barron's ● Apr. 14, 2026
Her baby sister gurgling helplessly in the background isn’t the only one utterly dependent on her maternal care.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026
A furious Farmer watched helplessly as one MDR patient died because the Peruvians wouldn’t allow Socios en Salud to treat him.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
