Adjective : a disease against which modern medicine is virtually powerless. ,His legs crumpled, and he was powerless to rise. From Dictionary.com.
And yet again, a vulnerable individual lies powerlessly in the middle. From Wordnik.com. [The Case of L.G.] Reference
More people than ever are dying in Iraq while the United States looks on powerlessly. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Sen. Brownback’s Solution For Iraq: ‘Park’ Cheney ‘In The Region’] Reference
We have sat powerlessly by while our children were sent to a totally unnecessary war to kill the children of other parents. From Wordnik.com. [The Necessary Remedy] Reference
It fell powerlessly and with increasing speed directly towards the white sun, in whose gravity field it had already been caught. From Wordnik.com. [Blazing Sun]
PHILLIPS: As the custody fight winds its way through an appellate court, Elian's father Juan Miguel Gonzalez watches powerlessly. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Saturday Morning News: Federal Appeals Court Considers Request to Block Transfer of Custody to Elian Gonzalez's Father - April 15, 2000] Reference
Meanwhile, Anakin must watch powerlessly from the shadows as his lady love willingly and deliberately courts the affections of another man…. From Wordnik.com. [Star Wars: The Clone Wars Sneak Peek: Senate Spy | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News] Reference
Anything, even a fight midstream against alligators, seemed better than powerlessly waiting for death to come and slowly consume their living bodies. From Wordnik.com. [The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told]
Face blanched, hands compressed into fists so tightly that the nails bit into his palms, he listened powerlessly as Esther got the first question out. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Justice] Reference
But the language that might convey his situation to these helpers across the gulf he did not know; his feeble fingers groped vainly and powerlessly in their brains. From Wordnik.com. [Twelve Stories and a Dream, by H. G. Wells] Reference
We have seen the pain in the eyes of someone who has to watch powerlessly as it takes their loved one down and sometimes even tears at the fabric of the family itself. From Wordnik.com. [Maria Shriver: Alzheimer's: A Baby Boomer Epidemic] Reference
Mr. Miller only looked back at them with an ever-increasing gloom upon his face, and Herbert's hand, morally paralyzed by the glance, sank powerlessly down by his side. From Wordnik.com. [Vera Nevill Or, Poor Wisdom's Chance] Reference
The accused is powerlessly inside a remand prison. From Wordnik.com. [NZ On Screen] Reference
Stafford's hand touched his coldly and powerlessly. From Wordnik.com. [The Native Born or, the Rajah's People] Reference
Either they show themselves for a showdown or they watch powerlessly. From Wordnik.com. [D / RPG News] Reference
His appeal seems to have glanced powerlessly upon the iron reticence of. From Wordnik.com. [PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete] Reference
My thinking is closed, my desire is sweet, and powerlessly, Time goes on. From Wordnik.com. [{Words of Songs} ~ for the translation of anime & game lyrics] Reference
The vehicle is forced to coast powerlessly to a safe spot out of the flow of traffic. From Wordnik.com. [Autoblog] Reference
He tried to lift his hand to the place where he had been hit, but it sank powerlessly. From Wordnik.com. [The Coming Conquest of England] Reference
'I'm fairly bothered now,' cried he, as his two arms dropped powerlessly to his sides. From Wordnik.com. [Lord Kilgobbin] Reference
There was nothing to do, it seemed, but powerlessly to await what destiny would bring forth. From Wordnik.com. [The Border Boys Across the Frontier] Reference
As in a dream, Yanson resisted bluntly, powerlessly, and was dragged out of the car silently. From Wordnik.com. [Seven Who Were Hanged] Reference
Then a ball's whipped across to the far post for Chamakh, who heads powerlessly left of target. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
Ferguson had just sent on all his three substitutes together but watched powerlessly with them as. From Wordnik.com. [Independent.ie - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference
I heard the weeping of my foremothers as they watched powerlessly as their children were sold away from them. From Wordnik.com. [feminist blogs] Reference
He looked at her listless hands, and the sight of those powerful organs hanging so powerlessly wrought on him. From Wordnik.com. [Here are Ladies] Reference
Just as iron is powerlessly drawn to a magnet, our minds are powerlessly drawn to the object of our intentions. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference
Young Joe (Kevin O'Neill) stood powerlessly by as his brother was shot to death, and the shame has poisoned his life. From Wordnik.com. [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference
Her large dark eyes flashed powerlessly; her shape appeared to have narrowed; her tongue, too, was a feeble penitent. From Wordnik.com. [Diana of the Crossways — Complete] Reference
All in all I got a sense that I was more actively engaged, able to do something other than just sit powerlessly and hope. From Wordnik.com. [Medlogs - Recent stories] Reference
Those who did, found themselves in the dilemma either of taking refuge in a fools 'paradise or of powerlessly facing an ever-growing menace. From Wordnik.com. [Belgium From the Roman Invasion to the Present Day] Reference
Residents living in the village, parts of which are in a conservation area, watched powerlessly as 20 tonne trucks entered the three-acre site. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
He struck out wildly, desperately; once or twice he thought he felt his feet touch the bottom, only to find himself powerlessly dragged back towards the sea. From Wordnik.com. [The Crusade of the Excelsior] Reference
What we hadn't noticed as we were caring for Amy was that Barry sat powerlessly in the back of a patrol car painfully observing a group of strangers huddled around his wife. From Wordnik.com. [EMSResponder.com: Top EMS News] Reference
"Stop “ you're hurting me!" she objected, twisting powerlessly in his grip. From Wordnik.com. [The Kinslayer Wars]
He only can defy the storm who builds strong bulwarks around a pure heart -- at his feet the waves break powerlessly. ". From Wordnik.com. [Tales of Two Countries] Reference
"I couldn't leave here," she said powerlessly. From Wordnik.com. [Sally Bishop A Romance] Reference
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