Sentence examples for helpless silence from inspiring English sources

But this fine calm is merely the idealized official version of a helpless silence, one that deeply marked the Knox family, and Fitzgerald's life.

But the poor goats are helpless, silenced by their own ignorance and the confidence of the knowledge-wielding sheep.

By the end, she looks like her father glaring at the broken vase: helpless and stunned into silence.

"I thought I should draw attention to the people who were suffering in silence and who were helpless," he said.

According to two Buffy essayists, part of the horror stemming from the arrival of The Gentlemen is the silence that makes the people of Sunnydale helpless, easy victims.

None of that negates the fact that years upon years of abuse were overlooked and numerous helpless, hopeless little boys were left to cope in silence.

Silence also keeps us from being overwhelmed by how helpless we feel to make a difference.

We peddled all sorts of conspiracy theories except the one that silenced us most, the one that said we were helpless.

Our evening would be full of awkward pauses and icy silences, and we'd be overwhelmed by a sense of helpless resignation about the long and dismal life we'd now be forced to spend together.

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There was a brief silence and then a wild and piteous cry - not a loud shriek but a helpless startled scream like the bleat of a frightened lamb".