Sentence examples for be powerless in from inspiring English sources

If he died, his wife and kids would be powerless in Iraq.

It provides an intimate portrait of what it's like to be powerless in the world's superpower.

Tory MPs, the press and voters already imagine Britain to be powerless in the face of EU diktats.

But Mr. Molinari said the city might be powerless in this case, because the signs probably have permits.

However, the senior officials sounded flustered as they struggled with accusations from reporters that Obama had shown himself to be powerless in the face of Russian aggression.

Local and provincial officials appear to be powerless in the face of the Taliban, and many remain in exile in Peshawar.

Now they are powerless in the clutch.

The drug, Dr. Flaherty knew, was powerless in the brain.

Martin Corry, his replacement, was powerless in a beaten pack.

We are powerless in the face of our mortal predicament.

She is powerless, in Hunter's word "lost".