Sentence examples for was almost powerless from inspiring English sources

Unbeknownst to many people, the Busch family was almost powerless to fend off InBev.

Peyton Bryant, one of the women attacked in the park, is a kick-boxing instructor, yet was almost powerless against a mob of 15 or more men.

But other officials said the United States was almost powerless to determine whether Mr. Megrahi's superiors were implicated in the bombing without the cooperation of Libya, which they said was unlikely.

By this time, the rump emirate was almost powerless and became a bone of contention between the Byzantines and the new power of the Middle East, the Fatimid Caliphate of Egypt.

Mr. Gill added: "He's writing about the Everyman, midlevel people who are almost powerless.

Torre knows how poorly the Yankees are playing, and he is almost powerless to change it.

But it is a danger railroads are almost powerless to stop.

That would leave it bound by EU regulations that it would be almost powerless to shape a situation many Britons, especially Eurosceptics, would find intolerable.

If a drug causes a reaction that is an otherwise common malady -- like a heart attack -- the Office of Drug Safety is almost powerless to uncover it.

As Moskowitz perceives it, she remains in a state of siege, and at times she seems to believe she's almost powerless.

But the issue now is that one evil person can kill dozens of innocent people on any given day, and we are almost powerless to stop him.