The UN was set up to be such a guide, but its impotence is its shame.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » The task of winning hearts and minds] Reference

As she said the word impotence she threw the bloody cockerel up into the air.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Pillars of the Earth]

The commonest cause of impotence is aging, which may or may not imply underlying atherosclerosis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fancy a State Sponsored S'**g? Suits You Sir] Reference

The humiliation of our impotence is made even more clear by Mr. Amery when he alludes to "the less critical case of India.".    From Wordnik.com.  [A Weak Link in the Imperial Chain] Reference

Men suffer long-term impotence and urinary incontinence, while women can get reconstructive surgery and suffer fewer permanent effects.    From Wordnik.com.  [WHAT REALLY HAPPENED] Reference

Mr. Bentham sighed, as though his impotence were a matter of sincere regret to him.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Avenger] Reference

We get chapter after chapter of Elinor pacing around her home and basement in impotence.    From Wordnik.com.  [Review of the Day: Inkspell] Reference

The Government stopped short of that supreme folly; but their impotence was the measure of the prevailing sympathy with Ulster.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ulster's Stand For Union] Reference

As I read the article, the word "impotence" came to mind.    From Wordnik.com.  [Deanie Mills: John McCain's Sarah Bobbitt] Reference

Friday protesting against the "impotence" of the United Nations.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

It's may be a little too easy to read "impotence" into this particular set of symbology.    From Wordnik.com.  [Exercise Pills--and an unexpected gift] Reference

I must have succeeded, because finally Michael asked, "Do you know the meaning of the word 'impotence'?".    From Wordnik.com.  [Beacon Street Mourning]

The feeling of impotence is real.    From Wordnik.com.  [Governing in the 21st Century: the Mike Harris Government and Lessons from Ontario] Reference

Which proves a certain impotence in art.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aurora Leigh] Reference

Lebanese media decry UNIFIL 'impotence' in border clash.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Photown News] Reference

"It reflects a kind of impotence by the international community," he said.    From Wordnik.com.  [BusinessWeek.com -- Top News] Reference

It wasn't good in March; now the effect of what one blogger has called his apparent "impotence" has taken hold.    From Wordnik.com.  [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference

"impotence," but that is a banned word on this forum, probably because of spammers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Redskins Insider Podcast -- The Washington Post] Reference

In aging men, circulatory problems can lead to impotence.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bad News In The Bedroom] Reference

But focus groups of impotence sufferers gave it a thumbs down.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE SOFT SELL] Reference

Enter Dr. Irwin Goldstein, a renowned impotence specialist who's taking penises public.    From Wordnik.com.  [In Boston, Banishing Blame And Shame] Reference

Studies show it treats depression, diabetes and impotence at least a third of the time.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Big Dose of Skepticism] Reference

Yet I am today more worried by the political impotence that we have witnessed throughout the decades.    From Wordnik.com.  [‘Absence of Courage’] Reference

Today, in dealing with Iran and Syria, Washington often seems to teeter between impotence and escalation.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE NEXT BATTLE: BRIDGING THE GREAT DIVIDE] Reference

"The number of 'wimps' ... will multiply apace," as will -- drum roll -- "the incidence of male impotence.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Whose Hype?] Reference

Between the ages of 40 and 70, the probability of complete impotence triples from 5 to 15 percent, according to the MMAS.    From Wordnik.com.  [Still Sexy After All These Years] Reference

Dried seahorses are prized by practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine, in remedies for everything from asthma to impotence.    From Wordnik.com.  [Saving The Seahorses] Reference

In his unauthorized account, we learn that: Tracy suffered from impotence, and Hepburn took an active role in getting him medical help.    From Wordnik.com.  [Match Point In Monterey] Reference