Sentence examples for remains powerless from inspiring English sources

And yet Washington remains powerless.

Having recognised the humanity of the victims he remains powerless, and possibly even unwilling, to prevent their deaths.

Joining forces with his father, Van Hohenheim, Alphonse traps Pride and himself within a cave where the homunculus remains powerless.

2. Weak Government: Two-and-a-half years after establishing a unity government, Afghanistan remains powerless to spread its authority beyond the major cities.

1 However, the medical community remains powerless when faced with the findings that more than 50% of chronically treated patients do not take the prescribed medications or do not follow the lifestyle measures that have been recommended to them; a phenomenon referred to as medication nonadherence.

If more French troops die in what appears to be a looming genocide, and the French military remains powerless to stem the growing violence, it would certainly be a major blow to the French government.

The Western-backed Free Syrian Army remains relatively powerless and a Pentagon scheme to train fighters has yielded only around 50 so far.

Meanwhile, the government of Bangladesh remains largely powerless to do anything about worker safety, hamstrung by corruption and lack of resources.

The voice that Ramis originated — a defanged sixties rebelliousness that doesn't so much seek to oust the powerful as to embolden the powerless — remains the dominant mode in comedy today.

But Martina, tormented, powerless and compliant, remains the central figure, the embodiment of the confusion and longing involved in protean sexuality.

The system of checks and balances has broken down, but the country remains divided — right down the nonexistent, powerless middle.