Sentence examples for helplessness for from inspiring English sources

"It will change the mood of frustration and helplessness for our people," Ms. Ahmadi said.

We were told by oil industry executives and their acolytes and enablers in government that deep-water drilling in the Gulf of Mexico would not cause the kind of catastrophe that we've been watching with an acute and painful sense of helplessness for the past three months.

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Often that has meant digging deeper into their own pockets to make Christmas happen for the needy, many of whom have been pushed into helplessness for the first time in their lives.

Two freelance entrepreneurs of behavior modification, James Mitchell and Bruce Jessen, persuaded the CIA to let them instruct agents in how to adapt the technique of learned helplessness for use on the detainees in Guantanamo, Afghanistan, and Iraq.

The birth of a preterm infant can be an overwhelming experience of guilt, fear and helplessness for parents.

Cronbach's alpha in the present study was 0.84 for helplessness, 0.88 for acceptance, and 0.84 for perceived benefits.

Yes, the heart of the world weighed heavy, with the helplessness of tears, For the man cut down in a Texas town, in the summer of his years.

Another research interest is how motivation and helplessness differ for those who grew up in an impoverished environment.

Fear, terror, helplessness, rage: for soldier and civilian alike, the psychological costs of war are staggering.

He said: "It's kind of a sort of helplessness stage for about three or four months when I was pretty much bed bound.