Sentence examples for powerless state from inspiring English sources

At the moment Iraqis have a dysfunctional and powerless state.

The child heroine's first-person centrality, her super-sensitivity to injustice and her impassioned yet powerless state all commanded my readerly identification.

Adam is shot in the leg early on and spends much of the film hobbling on improvised crutches -- a hulking American metaphorically reduced to the vulnerable, powerless state of an illegal immigrant.

The AUC had its roots in the paramilitary armies built up by drug lords in the 1980s, and says it took up arms in self-defence, in the place of a powerless state.

Even though Sparta was a landlocked and effectively powerless state, the Romans wanted an independent Sparta to act as a counterweight against the growing Achaean League.

Poor, malnourished and weak children make for a poor and powerless state.

And inequities within any one country upset the balance among nations: Poor, malnourished and unhealthy children make for poor and powerless States that are then at the mercy of stronger States.

Many feel powerless against state and federal laws, uncertain as to what their district leaders will endorse, unsure how to steer anger into action, or overwhelmed by a torrent of youthful voices.

"I just saw how powerless the states were to act," Ruckelshaus recalled.

Nevermind that governors are powerless to close state borders to anyone living in the country, their statements have come under fire from many, including evangelicals who usually support conservative political leaders.

International institutions, lacking independent authority, are powerless to shape state behaviour.