How to Use powerless in a Sentence

powerless

adjective

• I wish I could help you, but I am powerless in this situation.
• White House aides concede that the loss of the House in the midterms has left Biden powerless.
  — Dallas News, 15 Jan. 2023
• Turns out, our daughter was powerless against the white noise of the fan above the oven.
  — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 16 Jan. 2019
• The team is as powerless to change what’s coming as the fanbase held hostage for the ride.
  — Robert Charles, Chron, 21 Apr. 2021
• That’s how good Taylor was, and how powerless the Browns looked to stop him.
  — Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland, 20 Sep. 2021
• At that point, the Dali was drifting, powerless, toward the bridge at a speed of about 8 knots.
  — Rich Schapiro, NBC News, 27 Mar. 2024
• Congress, the court said, was powerless to change that.
  — Adam Liptak, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2019
• Wanda, powerless against her, has no choice but to go along for the ride.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2021
• But through it all, Holmes may well have been powerless.
  — Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2021
• But the decision left the pumps powerless to move water through the pipes.
  — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 8 Dec. 2023
• Then, suddenly, a puff of smoke appeared from the back of the No. 10 Honda and the powerless car rolled to a stop.
  — Michael Marot, ajc, 14 Aug. 2021
• Doomguy is the perfect avatar for those who feel powerless.
  — Matthew Gault, Time, 19 Mar. 2020
• At the end of Season 3, Eleven was left powerless and couldn't even move a small object with her mind.
  — Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 July 2019
• This season’s spread attack is off the field, of course, and all the coaches are powerless against it.
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 13 Nov. 2020
• The system has been designed to keep us powerless, but that ends now.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
• The system has been designed to keep us powerless, but that ends now.
  — John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
• This is a reality that the board and Dr. Pollio are powerless to change in the near term.
  — Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 9 May 2024
• This is a reality that the board and Dr. Pollio are powerless to change in the near term.
  — Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 8 May 2024
• The mightiest soldiers in the world would be powerless if the world ceased to exist.
  — New York Times, 25 Feb. 2021
• Even so, Smith urges people not to feel powerless based on the study results.
  — Erica Tennenhouse, National Geographic, 23 Dec. 2019
• Deep in the minority in the Senate and House, Democrats were powerless to stop it.
  — Dallas News, 30 May 2021
• The sheer magnitude of the crisis is hard to take in, and Shire knows just how fast a person can feel powerless.
  — Mattie Kahn, Glamour, 8 Mar. 2019
• But a powerless display sitting idly in a room does not rise to such a level.
  — Matthew Malec, National Review, 27 Dec. 2023
• The best ending for Cersei’s character arc is to make her live alone and powerless for the rest of her life.
  — Katherine J. Igoe, Marie Claire, 30 Apr. 2019
• Which is why central banks are powerless over where dollars go and in what amount.
  — John Tamny, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
• Even the most law-abiding driver is powerless against its charms.
  — Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 6 Feb. 2023
• The victim's sister watched part of the attack unfold but was powerless to stop it.
  — Esha Mitra, CNN, 4 Feb. 2022
• As a result, your reports may feel powerless and stressed, shut down and keep their ideas to themselves.
  — Kathleen Shanley, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
• But when that moment finally came, Joe was powerless to help.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 27 Mar. 2025
• But if the United States moves aggressively to prevent the maintenance of equipment already given, then Europe will be powerless to arrest the steady demechanization of the Ukrainian military.
  — Jack Watling, Foreign Affairs, 24 Mar. 2025