Sentence examples for less powerless from inspiring English sources

It's remarkable that there was one surviving 21st-century technological marvel that made us feel that much less powerless.

Perhaps after that determination and many others have been made in Westchester, taxi riders like Cassie Markland will feel less powerless in the face of poor service.

It is unclear who is responsible for the destruction of graves and Sufi shrines since Colonel Qaddafi's killing last October, but the interior minister, Fawzi Abdel Aal, sounded more or less powerless to stop the attacks as he announced his decision on Tuesday to rescind his resignation.

Though it's a small country, seemingly Catholic, more or less powerless, with an indigenous population ruled by autocrats and outside money, and thus reminiscent of typical banana republics, I thought of it more as a folktale or movie setting, universal and archetypal, such that, with minor changes, it could take place in any country wherein such conditions exist.

To feel less powerless, our time is better spent in quiet contemplation when disaster or unspeakable violence strikes.

We can actually increase our influence over world events, and potentially have a greater impact (and feel a little less powerless) not just through civic participation, or voting, or supporting non-profits -- all of which remain vitally important -- but through our role as investors.

After all, after one child I felt depleted, diminished, less than, and powerless.

Your loved ones can tell that something is wrong, and they will feel less worried and powerless if they are able to help you.

She was something far less: a woman defending powerless children with the truth.

It may be too much to ask that the powerful have less privacy than the powerless, but at the very least, governments must be at least as subject as their citizens to transparency and surveillance.

Frank DeGiacomo has worked for an end to oppression on the behalf of the the powerless and less privileged his entire life.