Sentence examples for thus powerless from inspiring English sources
It was only mandated to observe, and thus powerless to prevent the bloodshed that followed Nkurunziza's controversial decision.
Although it was aware of the extent of corruption in the decaying Soviet Union and did investigate and arrest some minor figures, it continued to be a servant of the party and was thus powerless to halt the country's decline.
This measure produced little lasting effects; according to Kogălniceanu, "the cause [of this] should be sought in the all-mightiness of landowners, in the weakness of the government, who, through its very nature, was provisional, and thus powerless".
"People feel so powerless.
Why are bowlers so powerless?
"In a certain way, Merkel is thus a powerless chancellor".
In the first stage, the amount of the poisonous pox-matter was thought to be still very small and thus rather powerless in comparison to the body's nature.
Europe was broken, ravaged, powerless.
