Sentence examples for in a helpless from inspiring English sources

And when Thomas's life of helplessness was consummated in a helpless death, brought on by weeks of hard drinking and a doctor's morphine injection, there was a widespread, if disguised, satisfaction at this perfection of the stereotype.

Africans were put in a helpless situation," says Lumumba.

The eyes of men are turned to their commanding officer in a helpless pleading.

Covering the unfolding events gave the student journalists focus in a helpless moment.

"Our friend," he said in a helpless voice, "is no longer with us".

"Water is still on the rise, and we are in a helpless situation," said Muhammad Usman, a district administrator.

He then skated in on a helpless Kirk McLean in the Ranger net.

Keeley Hawes turns Queen Elizabeth into a helpless pawn in Richard's power games.

Every cast member is skilled in depicting a helpless human being, lashing out at injustice, reaching out for something that makes sense.

"We will demand appropriate explanations from those countries that submitted to North American imperialism and briefly put President Morales in such a helpless situation," Sacha Llorenti, the country's ambassador to the UN told state radio Patria Nueva.

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