Sentence examples for point of impotence from inspiring English sources

"Ever since the 1930 coup, when the state lost its legitimacy," he added, "the Argentine state has declined to the point of impotence".

Djokovic lacked zest again on Saturday although nothing like the energy deficit that drained his tennis to the point of impotence before they escaped the rain on Friday evening.

By restricting the power of the state to the point of impotence, the Hungarian nobility effectively destroyed their chance of achieving a stable political order, but greatly enhanced their own ability to enjoy themselves.

Though called a postponement, today's action raised serious questions about whether Mr. Takenaka's plan would be allowed to proceed at all, or whether it would be delayed and watered down to the point of impotence, the fate of many past efforts to deal with the banking crisis.

Can we really hope that other media outlets will continue to support our campaigns against the wrongdoing of tech companies, or will those campaigns now be so bogged down in ethics disclosures that the message is muted to the point of impotence?

Almost to the point of impotence.

This is a president who has forfeited respect to the point of political impotence.

His words betray a level of impotence that is now casting a shadow over the MDC.

Not only do the machines represent the inner turmoil and the drive to destroy, but they also points toward the feeling of impotence Herbert feels at his inability to understand the world, to understand himself, and to control his actions.

Reduced to a dwindling demographic of cranky elderly people who miss the good old days, they will, with each passing year and each fresh batch of multiethnic babies, become less relevant, to the point of political and cultural impotence.

But I think I've never seen an excellent painting that is so masochistically cheerless, to the point of revelling in a contemplation of impotence.