Helplessly

In the rush to get back to her feet, her right knee appears to give out, forcing her to scream out helplessly.

In truth, recent events have made BBC bosses look helplessly squeezed between increasingly critical government ministers and their own high-profile presenters, now empowered by social media platforms.

Later, he listens helplessly on the telephone while his ex-partner shoots herself in the mouth.

Our way of life has taken us to the depths of despair, helplessly going through a valley of deep shadow.

The attacker then whacks the student in the head, twists her around by her hair and continues hitting the girl as she screams “Ow!” helplessly on the ground.

The debut album, which was released in May 1969, was laden with such classics as Suite: Judy Blue Eyes, Helplessly Hoping, Guinnevere, Long Time Gone, Wooden Ships, and Nash's own Marrakesh Express, and was met by huge critical acclaim.

The focal point of Christianity is her Messiah hanging helplessly on a cross and transforming its meaning.

The only thing worse than this would be if your dog was caught in a body-crushing kill trap and you watched helplessly as your dog died in arms.

Two skydivers were captured on video helplessly plummeting to the ground after their parachute failed to open.

All both could do is watch helplessly from the sideline as San Francisco blew a fourth-quarter lead for a third time this season.

As the kidnappers were snatching up the students, parents watched helplessly, with mothers wailing and pleading with the attackers to spare their children, residents said.

From up above, they helplessly watch as huge swaths of the world are burning, the tranquility of space no longer a comfort.

In that game, the Clippers watched helplessly as hot-shooting Phoenix made all 10 of its free throws in the extra period.

Many supporters of Obi had watched helplessly.

The 42-year-old's brother was in the same race and stunned family members were left to watch helplessly as paramedics fought in vain to save the man's life last night.

The Cougars put up just 30 points in the second half, started to turn the ball over like it was an unwanted illness and watched almost helplessly as Isaacs and his teammates finally got cooking at their end of the court.

This comes despite warnings from service leaders that the military will not watch helplessly as the nation descends into chaos, notably General Christoper Musa, the Chief of Defense Staff, and Lt General Taoreed Lagbaja, the Chief of Army Staff.

When Warren was just six months old, she gave him up for adoption, watched helplessly as he was taken from her, and spent the next 50 years looking for him.

While 29 of the workers were rescued within hours, a 37-year-old man was helplessly pinned by the tumbling rocks.

Again and again over the past several months since the pandemic took hold, cinemas around the world have either been forced to close or stand by helplessly as audiences failed to turn up in significant numbers.