Sentence examples for helplessness of memory from inspiring English sources

Mr. Needham's characterization of the helplessness of memory loss, and its evocation in musical gestures, is speculative, but he paints such a vivid, terrifying picture that the work's 10-minute duration is about as much as you can bear.

The most unpleasant memory is of utter helplessness, of having my every need attended to because I was incapable of doing anything for myself.

But my sharpest memory of those weeks is the helplessness of sitting in a hospital office learning that estrogen receptor-negative breast cancer cells in my sister's body had metastasized to her bones, lungs, and brain.

And yet, there is a reticence - out of sympathy, out of embarrassment, perhaps out of the haunting incongruity between the memory of this vast, hulking man who radiated power, and the endless helplessness of his situation now.

Among the most searing memories left by the BP blowout in the Gulf of Mexico was the complete helplessness of industry and government officials as a runaway well spilled nearly 5 million barrels, or 206 million gallons, before it was finally capped.

The helplessness of that.

One is the fear of the helplessness of old age.

"He has a feeling of helplessness, of powerlessness".

These problems include social dilemmas, social conventions, socio-technical infrastructures and the helplessness of individuals.

The fierce embrace and helplessness of Mickey's entire being.

The experience did not make me strong but it gave me a vivid memory of helplessness that I carried with me through my life, a reference point for any other hardship I faced.