be helpless

Examples (10)

• The small boat is helpless against the storm's fury.
• After the accident, he was completely helpless for several weeks.
• Without proper funding, the organization will be helpless to stop the disease.
• Watching them suffer, I was helpless, unable to do anything to ease their pain.
• The baby birds are helpless without their mother to feed them.
• She was helpless with laughter after hearing his ridiculous story.
• When the power went out, we were utterly helpless in the dark.
• The villagers were helpless in the face of the advancing army.
• I've never been so helpless in my entire life as I was that day.
• A citizen can be helpless when dealing with complex bureaucracy.