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Example sentences for: helplessness

How can you use “helplessness” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

But I find any generalized public whining about the decline of the literary culture annoying, even when I essentially agree with the sentiment-in part, as you say, because of the helplessness it inspires.
First, it has induced a sense of helplessness about charges that can't be legally proved.
It is a myth that persistent feelings of helplessness and hopelessness are inevitable and permanent consequences of advanced life-threatening illness [ 33 ] . Most patients with a serious illness experience periods of intense situational sadness and anxiety accompanied by depressive symptoms.
The helplessness of Lucia in this fantasy, and the idea of "Bacchus ravisht by his tree," may make us uneasy on feminist grounds; but the corrective reality of the last line--the physical fact of the helpless erection--corrects and undermines the imagination's unreal fantasy of domination.
The WP detects "a rising sense of helplessness" at the White House.