How do you use Helpless in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like incapacitated or powerless, plus the exact meaning.
Helpless meaning
- Unable to defend oneself.
- Lacking help; powerless.
- Unable to act without help; needing help; feeble.
Synonyms of Helpless
Using Helpless
- The main meaning on this page is: Unable to defend oneself. | Lacking help; powerless. | Unable to act without help; needing help; feeble.
- Useful related words include: incapacitated, powerless, lost, hopeless.
- In the example corpus, helpless often appears in combinations such as: helpless and, helpless to, the helpless.
Context around Helpless
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 9 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Helpless
- In this selection, "helpless" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, feels, felt, embarrassingly, victim, mess and brynn stand out and add context to how "helpless" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a bloody helpless mess and are left helpless said fortun. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "helpless" sits close to words such as ale, appointing and avery, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with helpless
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
But he was otherwise utterly helpless. (6 words)
But he feels helpless to help them. (7 words)
Bryan Danielson will be left a bloody helpless mess. (9 words)
But the feeling of being so helpless when you know it is going to happen again and again, and that you are going to get manoeuvred or manipulated out of work, or crushed and not even get the opportunity to prove yourself, that is very frustrating. (46 words)
A shadowy flight into the dangerous world of liberals who do not exist, young loners on a crusade to champion the cause of the innocent, the helpless, the powerless in a world of conservatives who operate above the law. (39 words)
As previously reported on ChronicleLive, Melanie Wallace and Stacey Alberts repeatedly struck and kicked the helpless victim while she lay on the ground in what a judge described as "one of the worst assaults of its type". (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
Hannah is helpless around the girl she likes — embarrassingly helpless.
According to him, the manufacturing sector survives basically on the raw materials imported into the country, stating that the manufacturing industry is helpless if the government doesn’t ease the processes.
Affordable-housing advocates say that without limits on where and how these rentals may operate, college football towns are helpless to prevent excessive increases in rents and home prices.
A flip was switched for the Sun Devils and the Frogs were helpless to stop the transformation.
After submitting a finished manuscript one day, she feels radiant and light, but as she ventures out into the busy streets of Shinjuku, her inflated happiness shrivels and she feels lost and helpless.
An Aberdeen mum-of-three has said she feels “helpless” about the mould and damp issues in her flat.
And, of course, the most powerful man in the world has to sit by helpless while the love of his life fights cancer.
And so it was: Rodgers felt betrayed, Gutekunst felt helpless and staying in Green Bay was no longer an option.
And what I try to teach my kids instead of feeling helpless is find one little patch of grass that you can make better,” she said.
A shadowy flight into the dangerous world of liberals who do not exist, young loners on a crusade to champion the cause of the innocent, the helpless, the powerless in a world of conservatives who operate above the law.
As I sat in my car, listening to the news, I felt helpless, even mournful.
As previously reported on ChronicleLive, Melanie Wallace and Stacey Alberts repeatedly struck and kicked the helpless victim while she lay on the ground in what a judge described as "one of the worst assaults of its type".
At Prince William's wedding, Prince Harry details how he 'felt totally helpless.
Bryan Danielson will be left a bloody helpless mess.
But he feels helpless to help them.
But he was otherwise utterly helpless.
But that does not mean that we, the public, are left helpless,” said Fortun.
But the feeling of being so helpless when you know it is going to happen again and again, and that you are going to get manoeuvred or manipulated out of work, or crushed and not even get the opportunity to prove yourself, that is very frustrating.
Earlier this week, the SEC filed a Letter of Supplemental Authority to reinforce its motion for summary judgment in its suit against Ripple, citing a legal precedent that renders the fintech firm’s fair notice defense helpless.
From the corner, Al-Amin Kazeem whipped a left-footed ball in towards the near post, and Hannant looped his header into the far corner past a helpless Brynn.
Common combinations with helpless
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- helpless and 19×
- helpless to 17×
- the helpless 14×
- and helpless 13×
- feeling helpless 12×
- feel helpless 11×
- helpless as 10×
- was helpless 9×
- are helpless 7×
- felt helpless 7×