Sentence examples for impotent against from inspiring English sources

U.C.L.A. looked offensively impotent against the Aggies, and it struggled against the Hilltoppers' press.

Both share an intense hatred for the U.N., which they perceived as impotent against the force of the Serbs.

Hull have a decent few minutes of possession, but their probing is looking impotent against a solid Arsenal back-line.

As America's ground forces in Vietnam found themselves increasingly impotent against an elusive and resourceful foe, the military commanders proposed endless variations on the same bombing strategy that had so far failed.

When Orfeo approaches the gates of Hades, and furies and ghosts try to bar the determined husband's path, their ominous choral cries of "No" seemed impotent against Ms. Blythe's unrattled singing of Gluck's steadfast melody.

Detractors claim that Michigan's play-calling is uninspired and that its defense is impotent against the spread offense, appearing slow and tackling poorly against mobile quarterbacks and speedy running backs and receivers.

Imagine a neurotic, impotent, railing against power; the comedy of a nebbish.

We see this in every impotent rage against "political correctness"; every indignant howl on the protection of religion and believers.

When the urge to connect is strong, passions are high and fantasies are vivid, the trinkets of our modern lives are impotent amulets against political intoxication.

This howl embodies your frail mortality; it is an impotent cry against the forces that have brought you to this unending hell of crow's feet and fine lines.

The hastily put-together hour that's replaced it, which takes Brexit as its subject, is far more than an adequate substitute: it's a hilarious, bumbling, impotent, furious tirade against what Britain is becoming.