Sentence examples for * its powerlessness from inspiring English sources

The PCLOB was statutorily forced on Bush by Congress, but he assured its powerlessness and later dismantled it.

The government was shocked at its powerlessness.

Socialism in America is a marginal movement, almost unique in its powerlessness among the Western democracies.

The huge new middle class is becoming increasingly frustrated with its powerlessness over issues such as education, health care, the environment and property rights.

Theirs is a party that is utterly shut out of power in Washington -- the Democrats of 1992 had big majorities in both the House and the Senate -- and that feels its powerlessness acutely.

Similarly, though a sensible governance review sorted out a set of internal problems, nothing was done to address deeper, structural concerns (not least its powerlessness in the face of press feeding frenzies).

But, the fact that Israel's dominance of power can't stop Hamas's ability to terrorize Israelis despite its relative powerlessness made me reflect on how the dynamics of power and powerlessness and the burden of victimhood haunt this conflict.

The town's preservationist attitude -- and its relative powerlessness against Hunterdon County officials with other needs in mind -- is embodied in the skirmishes with the county over the town's small stone arch and metal truss bridges.

We, perhaps, are the only segment of society that doesn't understand how far beyond us this whole machine is, that doesn't recognise its own powerlessness.

We, perhaps, are the only segment of society that doesn't understand how far beyond us this whole machine is, that doesn't recognize its own powerlessness.

Empowerment can also be highlighted through consideration of its opposite: powerlessness [ 31].