Sentence examples for impotence before from inspiring English sources

In his Metaphysica Vera (1691; "True Metaphysics"), he disappointed Cartesian expectations that a scientific mastery of matter, life, and mind will develop and instead emphasized man's impotence before the transcendent Creator.

The shock in the movie is a moral shock: the devastation of cities, the loss of lives, the enormity of the rampaging beasts, the fearsome sense of impotence before an existential threat to humankind.

Djokovic lacked zest again on Saturday although nothing like the energy deficit that drained his tennis to the point of impotence before they escaped the rain on Friday evening.

It is not hard to see how our elective impotence leads before long to tyranny.

Two postwar novels by Tanizaki enjoyed great popularity, Kagi (1956; The Key), the account of a professor's determination to have his fill of sex with his wife before impotence overtakes him, and Fūten rōjin nikki (1961 62; Diary of a Mad Old Man), a work in a comic vein that describes a very old man's infatuation with his daughter-in-law.

As I spoke with John, I felt a complex mix of empathy, compassion, and impotence, already knowing, before he even finished telling me his story, how it would end that day.

Viagra's Competition Heats Up 07.28.03 Even before their new impotence pills are approved, drugmakers are honing their marketing messages.

One recent Sunday, Rafael Carrillo stood before it, struggling to sum up his feelings before saying simply, "Pain and impotence is what you feel".

Your Feb. 21 front-page photograph of American peacekeeping soldiers cowering before Serbs throwing rocks shows the impotence of peacekeepers when the warring camps are energized by centuries of hate.

One of the things I regret about that Salon story is that I wrote it before I fully understood the impact of impotence on men.

Both operations symbolize the Sharon government's impotence, and its inability to grapple with the great issues before it.