Sentence examples for widespread helplessness from inspiring English sources
Where my generation was compelled to overthrow apathy toward the scandal of racism and impending threat of nuclear war, the challenges before this new generation are arguably worse: entrenched inequality, disappearing jobs and economic opportunities, and widespread helplessness at reports of the end of a habitable planet.
The fragmentation of communal ties, the uniform bureaucratisation of organisations and the widespread feelings of helplessness and dependence all suggested to Bell a pervasive "disenchantment" which he interpreted as the end of industrialism's earlier dominant ideologies.
As with the Arab Spring, many of the protesters are young people and students who are facing a nearly 40percentt unemployment rate and rampant government corruption, with widespread feelings of helplessness and few options.
Such a sense of helplessness is widespread, said Banwari Mittal, a professor of marketing at Northern Kentucky University and an expert on consumer behavior.
A widespread perception of government helplessness undermines its legitimacy, which in turn compels armed groups to argue that they cannot give up their weapons so long as the government is incapable of providing security.
A National Research Council committee he chaired issued a 2007 report warning how easy it would be for a criminal enterprise to knock out the power grid in a way that "could deny large regions of the country access to bulk power systems for weeks or even months," leading to "turmoil, widespread public fear and an image of helplessness that would play directly into the hands of terrorists".
And when Thomas's life of helplessness was consummated in a helpless death, brought on by weeks of hard drinking and a doctor's morphine injection, there was a widespread, if disguised, satisfaction at this perfection of the stereotype.
The leaked documents show widespread frustration with Mr. Karzai in the Obama administration, but also a sense of helplessness.
"It produced helplessness.
Helplessness may exacerbate claustrophobia.
