Sentence examples for like helpless from inspiring English sources

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"First, I felt angry, mad, and then after a few parties, you feel kind of like helpless; you can't do anything," said Andrew Gorgyan, who lives next door to the house.

This American sensation wants a sharper word, something like "helpless" but more tannic, more acute.

Now they looked to Hazel like children, like beasts, like helpless, hairless baby rats.

So called 'tough guys' from underprivileged American backgrounds — the so-called 'inner city ghettos' — are like helpless babies compared to the people of the Caucasus...

Like helpless accessories, we watch with appalled fascination as they stockpile enough murderous paraphernalia for a dozen episodes of "Poirot": poisons, sleeping powders, chloroform, picture wire, rubber gloves and a heavy sash weight.

Botanists are drawn to the country, with its magical fruits and seeds, like helpless ants, in spite of the high crime rate, the fantastic cost of doing research, and the general lack of comforts.

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I don't like feeling helpless, inadequate, lost, or frightened.

Mia Farrow is sort of like a helpless victim, kind of like a waif who's walking around and her husband has answers but she has none.

"You don't like me, man?" Helpless.

Doctors don't like to be helpless, or appear clueless, even in the face of this devastating illness.

"Ungrateful" for what — being treated like a helpless possession?

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