Powerlessness in a sentence

But what is more tragic is the saddest powerlessness of Filipino people to give the father of our nation the justice he deserves.

I was neutralized by his “logic” and felt the powerlessness of a supplicant in a pawn shop.

Vostokoff is one of the few people who understand the pain her adopted daughters have gone through, having lived through the same pain and powerlessness.

We Johannesburgers fear that little will change our powerlessness in the foreseeable future — and damaged systems that need replacing, not fixing, means our precarious water supply could take decades to get right.

What began as experiences of rejection have slowly internalised into the inevitable frustrations of living with powerlessness.

But dystopic visions can have the opposite effect, leaving us paralysed by a sense of powerlessness and inevitability.

However, while bemoaning the relative powerlessness of the N70, 000 in consumer market, it is expedient to agree that the offer reflects solidarity and sacrifice for the Nigerian masses.

In this part of the world where it is obvious that poverty is powerlessness and voicelessness, and in a country where “Nobody hears the poor.

Resorting to “airdrops, the construction of a port is a sign of powerlessness and weakness on the part of the international community,” Callamard said.

The combination of Deke's unnatural death and the powerlessness that Randy and LaVerne feel makes this moment particularly memorable.

The flip side of bullying, powerlessness behaviour, is also present.

This confrontation reinforced the perception that the Code of Conduct is an exercise in futility or a demonstration of Asean’s normative powerlessness.

Equally, insecurity leads to a sense of powerlessness.

Put more simply: in almost every facet of the job, Pochettino will be confronted with reminders of his basic powerlessness.

That, combined with Bruce's horror at the carnage in Metropolis, would fill him with, as Alfred put it, "the feeling of powerlessness that turns good men cruel.

The muddled tones of his Season 2 costumes reflect that guilt and powerlessness.

When I was her age, I still remember the fug of shame, powerlessness and fury when I realised that creepy adult men were checking me out as I walked home from school.

According to him, this “undermines the asylum system”, as they occupy places that could have been vacant for “real asylum seekers” and called the Norwegian authorities' powerlessness to stop it “disappointing”.

Beginning with an admission of powerlessness over addiction, 12-step programs are so often transformational in part because they involve radical responsibility-taking.

Considering their inefficiency and powerlessness, I have often questioned if such organizations have a role in the contemporary fight for black uplift.