Sentence examples for proved impotent from inspiring English sources
On his office sofa, Rafe proved impotent.
The outraged Englishman's usual weaponry – glares and outraged silence – proved impotent.
Indeed, conference committees have proved impotent, which is one reason they have been resisted in Albany.
And while his ability to make their demand for land rights proved impotent once he was ushered into government, Foley maintains it was a "remarkable and significant achievement".
Congo's police proved impotent as Mr Kabila's presidential guard brought tanks onto the streets and soldiers armed with automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades fought Mr Bemba's red-bandana-clad men.Both sides blamed the other for the fighting.
Abandoned Maya temples in the Yucatan and the desolation of Angkor Wat, supreme achievement of the Khmer empire, bear witness to climatic change against which royal power and priestly magic proved impotent.
Fact-checking articles may prove impotent in the face of such distrust.
All human defenses prove impotent, but the Martians sicken and die when attacked by Earth's humblest living creatures, microbes.
She reveals with remorseless logic why emotional appeals to "human rights" or "the international community" so often prove impotent in the face of a humanitarian crisis.
For all its boasting about its powerful brand, America Online has proven impotent in head-to-head competition with the cable and phone companies.
In fact, the OSCE had proven impotent in preventing the Russians from building two illegal military bases inside South Ossetia during the preceding year.
