Sentence examples for left useless from inspiring English sources

"In taxes alone, we lost $50 million, because there was so much land that was left useless.

On Friday, the Guardian revealed how thousands of iPhone 6 users have had their devices, which cost hundreds of pounds, left useless after encountering the error message.

Tears ran down Mr. Geltman's cheeks as he swayed gently to his favorite piece of music, his wife clutching his right arm, the one not left useless by his cancer.

Knowing that by the time I could reach a doctor or even my massive first aid kit that my dad had bought for me, left useless back in my dorm, that in the time it would take me to get these needful things, the boys would be long gone.

Another theory, which makes more sense, is that as time went by, people were mostly leaving useless junk rather than things of real utility.

The snow rose so high it left snowblowers useless.

Coast guard vessels hurried to establish floating oil fences, but high waves left them useless.

In other words, people will be left with useless files on their hard drives.

The 110-pounders blew up when other ships used them in action, were labour-intensive to load and fire, and were henceforth only used with a reduced propellant charge, which left them useless in practice.

Fire investigators found that a section of the building's standpipe — a critical conduit for water throughout the building — had been removed, leaving it useless when two firefighters, Robert Beddia, 53, and Joseph Graffagnino, 33, died fighting the Aug. 18 blaze.

She remembered only the best of them, compensation for the months she'd spent at Henry's bedside, memories that caught her walking across the living room or washing out her teacup at the sink, leaving her useless and fretful for the rest of the day".