Sentence examples for helpless of from inspiring English sources

We're far from helpless, of course.

"I was that most useless and helpless of all things: a rich girl with no money whatsoever".

Seen from this vantage, the hurricane sweeps in with fierce majesty, shredding the fragile coastline and lingering to toy with the most helpless of its victims.

"One of the things you have to show is reasonable fear," he said, "Of being overpowered, of being helpless, of being in a situation where you can't defend yourself physically".

Editorial writers can seem the most insipid and helpless of the scribbling class: they sum up anonymously the ideas of their time, and truth and insipidity do a great deal of close dancing — the right thing to do is often hard but seldom surprising.

And he believed his god wanted to help the most needy, the most helpless of us all; at the time, it was real slaves and animals, now, it would be economic slaves (and still animals, unfortunately).

Teachers sent cards - they felt helpless, out of control.

The piece also has a helpless stream-of-consciousness flow.

But the image of a helpless ball of fluff generated an outpouring.

We feel the helpless quality of that kind of big heart, but we also feel the strength of the gesture.

A helpless piece of flotsam in the face of … well all of us.