Sentence examples for powerless hold from inspiring English sources

Both are bullshit slurs, as are many of the down-punching critiques of a relatively marginal ideology that is primarily about helping the powerless hold their own against the big, bad state.

But the international body itself seemed powerless to hold the ring.

But as of this month, they are literally powerless, and hold no authority to make any decisions.

Maria Morris Hambourg, the curator of photography at the Metropolitan Museum, wrote in a foreword to the 1996 book, "Treadwell," "Modica's art is about important and solemn events -- those internal, molding moments we are mostly powerless to hold or articulate".

Ministers insist they are powerless to hold back the rising tide of Chinese metal, noting that the government is bound by EU rules which prevent the state intervening in such matters.

The inner pull of depression is so strong it takes over your entire being and makes you almost powerless to hold a conversation or produce.

The U.S. will be powerless to hold the line if we do not pass laws to make it easier to remove bad judges.

He said he had been charged around $1,200 dollars in the last two months: "Rent, I can afford; utilities, I cannot," he said, stating he was powerless to hold his landlord accountable for the amount of energy his unit consumed.

These agencies were not being regulated when they misrepresented the value or the derivatives and "structured investment products" they were selling so a regulator claims to be powerless to hold them accountable.

It is upsetting that both the Department of State Travel Advisoryy" and the Consul's letter acknowledge Israel's disregard for our citizenship rights and claim to be powerless to hold them accountable for their actions.

The power of professional culture to re-orient adherents to conservative political practices is all the more compelling in the case of journalism, where many aspiring news workers enter the field seeking not to defend the status quo but to defend the capacity of the powerless to hold the powerful in check.