Sentence examples for are powerless at from inspiring English sources

He added: "We desperately need support – millions of people have been affected by Cecil's death – and by the plight of lions in general – and imagine they are powerless at preventing further lion decline".

Not all women are powerless at all times.

As we sit back and watch this embarrassing scene unfold, we truly are powerless at this point to alter the course of this tragedy.

The public may be powerless at the moment to force our political leaders to take the steps necessary to bring the economy back to full employment.

I was learning that we were powerless at the hand of the law.

More than 1 million LIPA customers were powerless at the height of the Sandy-related outages, the company said on its site, and it has also been contending with water damage caused by powerful storm surges on Long Island's South Shore.

He was powerless as Udinese transformed the tie at the start of the second half.

While he praises the efforts of the FA's leadership to tackle racism, he feels they are powerless to bring about change at grassroots level because of the attitude of some local administrators.

"In a work hierarchy, those at the bottom are powerless," he says.

"In many countries the perception is that national governments are powerless and that there is nothing at the European level to address problems," said Paul De Grauwe, a former Belgian member of Parliament now at the London School of Economics.

"At the moment we are powerless to stop areas changing.