Sentence examples for be rendered helpless from inspiring English sources

He was gargantuan — his body exuded forcefulness, like an oversized rook on a chessboard — but he was willing to allow himself to be rendered helpless.

"Can't you see that criminals will always find a way to get a gun, and the law-abiding will be rendered helpless?

They were initially protected at the school by a Belgian-led peacekeeping force that, because of United Nations equivocation, was ultimately to be rendered helpless to prevent their murder.

"Once Eubank feels those hooks crushing into his ribs, his hands will come down and he will be rendered helpless by the third round". Eubank stopped Benn in the ninth, before their second fight, nearly three years later, ended in a draw.

A surefire way to look like a moron is to be rendered helpless by the meaning of kilometers, kilograms, and Centigrade.

McMurphy does not respond, and Chief realizes that he has been rendered helpless by a lobotomy.

Paddy Kenny was rendered helpless as QPR's resistance suggested a dark forthcoming fortnight for the relegation‑threatened club.

She left her job several years ago to care for her son, Erik, who was rendered helpless by a sniper's bullet in Iraq.

Wake Forest (4-2, 2-1) was rendered helpless by a defense that had two weeks to think about its problems against Virginia.

Immunotherapy is based on the fact that once the immune system recognizes cancer and gears up to fight it, something remarkable happens: The immune system is rendered helpless.

Partway through the visit, the robots turn on the guests; the staff in the control room tries to halt the mayhem, but is rendered helpless by a power shutdown.