become helpless
Frequency: 7.06.8 per million words
to transition into a state of being helpless
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Examples (10)
- The sudden illness caused him to become completely helpless.
- Without their leader, the soldiers quickly became helpless against the enemy attack.
- She watched as the small bird became helpless in the strong winds.
- After the accident, he felt himself become increasingly helpless.
- The prolonged drought made the farmers become helpless as their crops withered.
- In the face of such overwhelming odds, it's easy to become helpless.
- The system malfunction caused the entire network to become helpless.
- He didn't want to become helpless and dependent on others.
- Panic can make even the strongest person become helpless.
- The old man feared he would eventually become helpless and unable to care for himself.