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Example sentences for: powerless

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If the WTO proves powerless in its first big case, all will observe that its rules are only binding when the strong wish them to be.
It isn't obvious to me how a baby would develop a robust sense of autonomy while being confined to a small cubicle with bars on the side and rendered powerless to influence its environment.
She is the mother of the mestizo race, La Raza (The People), and a political symbol for the oppressed and powerless.
We may have to go on strike before AutoSummarize can be perfected, and we become powerless.
As Van Buren knew, parties are inherently democratic, the most effective way of organizing otherwise powerless individuals.