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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Deep in the minority in the Senate and House, Democrats were powerless to stop it.
  — Dallas News, 30 May 2021
• But a powerless display sitting idly in a room does not rise to such a level.
  — Matthew Malec, National Review, 27 Dec. 2023
• 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
• But even the most powerful gay [person] in Qatar is powerless in some ways.
  — Charlie Campbell, Time, 16 Nov. 2022
• On none of Iran’s other borders does Tehran feel so exposed and powerless to shape events.
  — Michael Doran, WSJ, 11 Oct. 2021
• Like many, Lipa feels powerless in the face of the ongoing conflict.
  — Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2024
• This has been a common criticism for years, and most people who want to change it are powerless to do so.
  — Tribune News Service, Orlando Sentinel, 17 July 2024
• Most of the time, Egyptians simply submit, powerless before the state.
  — Vivian Yee, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2023
• By the end of the first film, Paul’s father has been killed, leaving the family powerless and in disarray.
  — Lucas Trevor, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2024
• In a town full of lawyers with high-powered clients, Erin Scheick serves the seemingly powerless.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2022
• The bridge builders are not powerless, the rabbi continues.
  — Troy Aidan Sambajon, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Oct. 2024
• Being a bystander to this sort of horror show can make a person feel powerless.
  — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2023
• When Nemo’s curiosity gets the best of him and he’s captured by a diver, his dear old dad is powerless to save him.
  — Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 16 Apr. 2024
• Men who could wipe countries off the face of the earth at their own discretion, or blow us all to extinction, were powerless if Martha Mitchell reached for the phone.
  — The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2021
• The whole jury duty routine is one in which you’re rendered kind of powerless.
  — Jess Bidgood, New York Times, 10 May 2024
• Candé, pretending to be from Guinea Conakry, asked if the Embassy could help him, but Khalil was powerless.
  — Ian Urbina, The New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2021
• Beryl killed dozens of people and left millions powerless, mainly in Texas.
  — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 29 July 2024
• His try at taking down the corrupt Jo Tae-seob ends with Tae-seob mocking him for being powerless.
  — Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2022
• And Donald was able to play by a completely different set of rules, and his political opponents were completely powerless.
  — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 11 Nov 2024