Sentence examples for show of helplessness from inspiring English sources

Varese's "Tuning Up" and the "Atmospheres" and "Lontano" by Ligeti, on the other hand, make a show of helplessness.

He did his mime-artist's shrug, lifting high his shoulders and pulling down the corners of his mouth in a show of helplessness.

As you try blaming the computer for eating your homework, you shrug your shoulders and expose your palms as a show of helplessness.

Knowing full well what we should have done, we still couldn't bestir ourselves to act and chose instead to throw up our hands and put on a show of helplessness and victimization.

Her elaborate set pieces make a show of helplessness and vulnerability, boxing her slight, blond figure inside a glass cube in her propulsive hit "Just Dance"; encasing it in a rotating series of orbs during the brooding "Bad Romance"; and in her most twisted image, chaining her hair to a black pole controlled by two men in "Paparazzi".

Furthermore, educational level and employment status seem to play a role in future thinking: subjects with high school diplomas show higher levels of Helplessness compared with subjects who had degrees or had completed or were pursuing graduate studies, and subjects in a not (engaged) in education, employment, or training (NEET) condition exhibit a particularly high level of Helplessness.

Even the most ardent of campaigners are showing slight signs of helplessness.

They show the helplessness of both men and animals when faced by the enormities of a rampant and hostile natural world.

An aching, wistful version of Irving Berlin's "What'll I Do?" near the end of the show evoked helplessness and confusion in the face of environmental destruction.

Table 1 shows the relationship of parenting styles and parental sense of helplessness with the children's treatment adherence and glycemic control.

(Much of the show is in Russian, which adds to the English speaker's sense of helplessness in the face of Katerina's misfortunes).