Sentence examples for were considered powerless from inspiring English sources

Realizing that they were essentially being ignored because they were considered powerless, the women took advantage of their inconspicuousness to create a solid organization to promote the rights of American Indians.

Women with lower education were considered powerless, with little decision-making capability, and unaware of their rights.

In other words, comparisons of AUCs might be considered powerless in identifying biomarkers of interest in such situations [ 20].

It may be surprising that someone so powerless is considered to be so threatening.

Respiratory gasps can then be considered as forms of powerless revolt, the desperate struggle of certain parts of the body at a subordinate level archaic reflexes.

As for Dallaire, who is considered a hero in Canada, he explains that he was a powerless victim like the 800,000 dead who continue to haunt him.

But they also realised they were powerless to censor anything considered troublesome.

We were utterly powerless.

Any immediate distractions were rendered powerless.

It meant we were not powerless.

Margaret Quinn Liverpool Steve Richards considers that local government was a "powerless desert" in the 1980s in contrast to the current trend to move powers from the centre (Don't despair – devolution offers Labour a chance, 22 August).