How do you use Haplessly in a sentence? See 5 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Haplessly meaning
In a hapless manner.
Using Haplessly
- The main meaning on this page is: In a hapless manner.
Context around Haplessly
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 3 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Haplessly
- In this selection, "haplessly" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, spike, turn, watched, walked, vacillating and inadequate stand out and add context to how "haplessly" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and is haplessly inadequate and backing watched haplessly as his. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "haplessly" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with haplessly
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Spike haplessly walked through gunfire to get the job done. (10 words)
The response of Southwest Airlines was constrained to urging Twitter to take down the post and is haplessly inadequate. (19 words)
True, former president Rodrigo Duterte botched any attempt to engineer a favorable succession after haplessly vacillating between supporting either his consiglieri or daughter. (23 words)
The election became a two-man race, and Zyuganov, who lacked Yeltsin's resources and financial backing, watched haplessly as his strong initial lead was whittled away. (27 words)
It is small wonder that they turn haplessly to what is available to them, grotesque forms of nationalistic, fascistic demagoguery which promise a fabulously different zeitgeist. (26 words)
True, former president Rodrigo Duterte botched any attempt to engineer a favorable succession after haplessly vacillating between supporting either his consiglieri or daughter. (23 words)
Example sentences (5)
Spike haplessly walked through gunfire to get the job done.
True, former president Rodrigo Duterte botched any attempt to engineer a favorable succession after haplessly vacillating between supporting either his consiglieri or daughter.
It is small wonder that they turn haplessly to what is available to them, grotesque forms of nationalistic, fascistic demagoguery which promise a fabulously different zeitgeist.
The response of Southwest Airlines was constrained to urging Twitter to take down the post and is haplessly inadequate.
The election became a two-man race, and Zyuganov, who lacked Yeltsin's resources and financial backing, watched haplessly as his strong initial lead was whittled away.