HELPLESS in a Sentence
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212 example sentences for HELPLESS, such as:
1. He lay helpless on the floor.
2. He began to feel depressed and helpless.
3. It's natural to feel helpless against such abuse.
4. The incident left me with a sense of helplessness.
5. He was helpless in an important sector of his life.
2. He began to feel depressed and helpless.
3. It's natural to feel helpless against such abuse.
4. The incident left me with a sense of helplessness.
5. He was helpless in an important sector of his life.
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Meanings and Examples of HELPLESS
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helpless
a. unable to manage independently
a. unable to function; without help
Classic Sentence: (200 in 14 pages)
1 That which had seemed incredible in the sober light of day had really come to pass, and he was to assist as a helpless spectator at Mattie's banishment.
2 In fact, the mothers of all her girl friends impressed on their daughters the necessity of being helpless, clinging, doe-eyed creatures.
3 She is the most helpless soul--just like a sweet grown-up child, and Uncle Peter treats her that way.
4 The helpless wounded succumbed to her charms without a struggle.
5 He was in his mid-thirties, older than any beau she had ever had, and she was as helpless as a child to control and handle him as she had handled beaux nearer her own age.
6 She was helpless before his calm smile and his drawling remarks, for she had never before met anyone who was so completely impregnable.
7 Ellen was ill, perhaps dying, and here was Scarlett helpless in Atlanta with a pregnant woman on her hands and two armies between her and home.
8 Anything was preferable to being a helpless witness to such pain.
9 Anyone as selfish and determined as you are is never helpless.
10 She felt as limp as a rag doll, warm, weak and helpless, and his supporting arms were so pleasant.
11 Yet here she was exposed to the sun in a broken-down wagon with a broken-down horse, dirty, sweaty, hungry, helpless to do anything but plod along at a snail's pace through a deserted land.
12 Her father's arm still lay in the crook of hers, helpless, appealing, trusting, as only the hands of the very young and the very old can be.
13 This was the end of the road, quivering old age, sickness, hungry mouths, helpless hands plucking at her skirts.
14 It would be so good to sit here all day, away from the helpless eyes of Tara, here where only the rustle of leaves and the gurgle of slow water broke the stillness.
15 She could--and did--shout them down with bitter sarcasm but before Melanie's unselfishness she was helpless, helpless and resentful.
Example Sentence:
1 You feel so helpless because there's nothing you can do to make the child better.
2 Love shouldn't fall in love with the people, but the helpless put not hand.
3 Parents often feel helpless, knowing that all the cuddles in the world won't stop the tears.
4 He began to feel depressed and helpless.
5 He lay helpless on the floor.
6 It's natural to feel helpless against such abuse.
7 He was helpless in an important sector of his life.
8 The only difficulty was, that her flamingo was gone across to the other side of the garden, where Alice could see it trying in a helpless sort of way to fly up into a tree.
9 A marine biologist insisted that dolphins, which are considered to be one of the most intelligent mammals, like to help the helpless.
10 Alice could see it trying in a helpless sort of way to fly up into a tree.
11 You may recall that for years the chancellor was helplessly in thrall to Prudence.
12 The incident left me with a sense of helplessness.