Sentence examples for remain powerless from inspiring English sources

We see it all as it unfolds, but remain powerless.

For Harvey, the left must be modern and urban or it will remain powerless.

Therefore they remain powerless to resist the overwhelming draw of a fart gag or bulging innuendo.

And how (as the D.C. Circuit ruled) can the President remain powerless in the face of this kind of obstruction?

The gratifying lesson is that however much the pious seek legal safeguards against mockery, they remain powerless against their greatest comic threat.

Abigail Fitzgibbon, public policy manager for BPAS, says that clinic employees attempt to minimise distress to clients as best they can, but ultimately remain powerless.

He regarded the bloody outrages of the Nazis and their predecessors as the thoughtless actions of unbalanced minds; he was unable to comprehend the nature of National Socialism and remained powerless to prevent its seizure of power.

The international body has remained powerless and deadlocked for decades, and even though both whaling and anti-whaling nations have assiduously recruited other countries to join them, neither side has been able to accumulate enough votes to give it victory under the IWC's complex decision-making processes.

As such, the Senate and assemblies remained powerless, even after Caesar had been assassinated.

Most service was restored within hours, although a few thousand households remained powerless for several frigid weeks.

They held powers that were nearly identical to the powers that Caesar had held under his constitution, and as such, the senate and assemblies remained powerless.