The crowd watched him helplessly. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
I called helplessly, not wanting to say aloud the title of the poem. From Wordnik.com. [Why I Can't Be a Hare Krishna] Reference
"Tessibel," he called helplessly, under his breath, but Tessibel did not hear. From Wordnik.com. [Tess of the Storm Country] Reference
I get tired of the finger pointing at the junta as if they are operating all alone while the world stands "helplessly" by. From Wordnik.com. [How to Grow Tragedies - Myanmar] Reference
The victim's mother Lalit Devi told police she had watched "helplessly" as the wheels of the train passed over her son. From Wordnik.com. [Latest News Online - Express Indian] Reference
He hit so many fly balls the other way, so many times they just died kind of helplessly before the warning track in Petco Park. From Wordnik.com. [chicagotribune.com - News] Reference
When something like this happens, all we can do is kind of helplessly look at each other. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Martian Way]
She waited helplessly on the street for my rescue. From Wordnik.com. [My Crush on Daniel Ortega] Reference
The city thrashed around helplessly for an explanation. From Wordnik.com. [Bicycle Boys] Reference
He turned rather helplessly to his host who glared daggers at him. From Wordnik.com. [Confessional] Reference
Ridiculous, but prepare to watch helplessly as it burrows into your brain. From Wordnik.com. [Madonna’s ‘Hard’ Sell Hardly Succeeds] Reference
She watched helplessly as Alysia struggled to move forward and passed out. From Wordnik.com. [Arcana Magi - c.9: Brie Williams, Sentinel of Byakko] Reference
Fortunately, there is something you can do rather than stand helplessly by. From Wordnik.com. [Your New Rebalancing Act] Reference
Tears fell down her eyes as she watched her friends helplessly stand there. From Wordnik.com. [Arcana Magi - c.27: Hard Battle] Reference
It is painful for her friends to see her now helplessly dragged into the tabloids. From Wordnik.com. [Back of the Book Player Test] Reference
I follow the sounds of your ukulele wherever you go, helplessly dancing to its tune. From Wordnik.com. [Orpheus Revisited] Reference
Defenseless pups were being clubbed in the head while their mothers cry out helplessly. From Wordnik.com. [Taking Stock] Reference
The rightist Greek government has watched helplessly as Athens drifts out of its control. From Wordnik.com. [Beware the European Street] Reference
You feel like a balloon somebody's lost the string of and you're helplessly blowing in the wind. From Wordnik.com. [HUNGRY] Reference
This whole saving thing is a little like love, isn't it — similarly (helplessly) underdocumented?. From Wordnik.com. [How To Rescue A Drowning Man] Reference
What the clips didn't show was the other Lakers standing around helplessly while Bryant went one-on-five. From Wordnik.com. [Kobe: Thanks For Sharing] Reference
"Mrs. Doubtfire" got away with this sort of broken-home hand-wringing because it could be helplessly funny. From Wordnik.com. [Lumps Of Coal] Reference
Have you ever been in the position of having to sit helplessly by and fear having to watch your father die?. From Wordnik.com. [Bush: 'I Have Had It'] Reference
How many of Kevorkian's critics have watched helplessly the drawn-out suffering of loved ones who were dying?. From Wordnik.com. [Death On Demand] Reference
The plane is late as I sit here writing in an airport lounge, watching helplessly the evanescence of the hours. From Wordnik.com. [Shadowland: Left Behind] Reference
But now they've been downsized, or aged out of their jobs, or watched helplessly as they've been replaced by robots. From Wordnik.com. [Maybe A Nice Condo?] Reference
We watched helplessly as a delightful, apparently normal toddler lost his ability to interact with the outside world. From Wordnik.com. [WILLING THE WORLD TO LISTEN] Reference
"Washington is stumbling blindly through an economic minefield while we watch helplessly from the sidelines," one said. From Wordnik.com. [Trouble Beyond the Emergency Bailout] Reference
To get revenge, she slaughters the princess, the king and, ultimately, her own children, while Jason stands by helplessly. From Wordnik.com. [How Do You Solve A Problem Like 'Medea'?] Reference
In February, Cano Gallardo watched helplessly as inmates from rival gangs attacked each other in a prison courtyard in Tamaulipas. From Wordnik.com. [Jailhouse Shock] Reference
Amid the chaos, Egyptian border police looked on helplessly or sympathetically, for the most part appearing to sanction the exodus. From Wordnik.com. [The PR War in Gaza] Reference
We watch helplessly as our retirement funds and stock portfolios melt down in slow motion almost every day, death by a thousand cuts. From Wordnik.com. [From Breakdown To Breakthrough] Reference
The air-traffic controllers watched helplessly as their radar screens tracked the MD-11 jet circling slowly downward toward the Atlantic. From Wordnik.com. [A Descent Into The Depths] Reference
When Brent Wade concentrates on describing what it's like inside the head of a man going slowly and helplessly nuts, he writes memorably. From Wordnik.com. [Now You See Them...] Reference
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