helplessness

Example Sentences

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Reducing the feelings of helplessness and even rage that new parents experience is itself a meaningful thing.

From Slate • May 3, 2026

Thousands of young undocumented migrants in Guinea have disappeared along migration routes in recent years, leaving their families in a state of uncertainty and helplessness.

From Barron's • Dec. 17, 2025

“Feelings of great distress and helplessness and conflictedness and confusion. I have felt that in classes in high school.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2025

"The actor delivers an intoxicating mix of blood, sweat, tears, protein and total helplessness," wrote The Hollywood Reporter.

From BBC • Oct. 7, 2025

I hated it when he cried like that, for it heightened, and made more real, my feelings of confusion, terror and helplessness.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane