Sentence examples for powerless to get to from inspiring English sources

Former FEC lawyer Larry Noble agreed that while this ad would make "an excellent case" for any aggrieved party to bring, the FEC would likely be powerless to get to the bottom of the issue until after the election.

Sometimes the pent-up urban summer is a study in restlessness, of that inescapable feeling of being where one should not be, powerless to get out.

Despite the fact that Mr. Rouhani does not lose an opportunity to emphasize how much trust and faith he has in his people, and how information must be free, he seems powerless to get Facebook and Twitter unblocked.

Still, the notion that a president is powerless to get taxpayers' money back is not a particularly satisfying one; what the public wants in these situations "is closure," Mr. Gillespie said.

They will be powerless to get a meaningful response out of their new boss.

Is it unnatural for us to feel overwhelmed and simply too powerless to get up to do anything about the things we see that really need our attention?

Just think what would it mean if even the President of the United States -- and in particular one who had the status and aura possessed by Barack Obama when he first took office -- was powerless to get the American people to see and condemn the disgraceful behavior of the Republican opposition.

The officers left empty-handed, powerless to get rid of him.

The family of the victim, the McGowans of Pewaukee, Wisconsin, at first appeared powerless to get answers about the death.

But under the rules of the E.U. and the relentless attacks by speculators on the bonds of nations with large deficits, a single country is all but powerless to get a recovery going in one country.

Being alone and without support when you are facing depression is like falling in to a big black hole and once you are in it you are powerless to get out so do not let this happen to you and get help and admit your condition before it is too late.