lie helplessly

Examples (20)

• The injured cyclist lay helplessly on the road until the ambulance arrived.
• The injured bird lay helplessly on the ground.
• A turtle flipped onto its back might lie helplessly for hours.
• After the fall, he lay helplessly in the snow, unable to move.
• He was so weak from the flu that he could only lie helplessly in bed.
• The kitten lay helplessly in the basket, too weak to stand.
• Trapped under the fallen bookshelf, she lay helplessly, calling for help.
• She watched as her belongings lay helplessly scattered across the room.
• After the shocking news, he just lay helplessly on the sofa, staring at the ceiling.
• In the aftermath of the earthquake, many victims lay helplessly under the rubble.
• Without his emergency alert button, the elderly man would have lain helplessly after his fall.
• The small boat lay helplessly adrift in the vast ocean.
• The soldier lay helplessly pinned down by enemy fire.
• He imagined himself lying helplessly on a desert island.
• The wrecked ship lay helplessly on its side against the rocks.
• The old man lay helplessly in his bed, waiting for assistance.
• Look at that poor beetle; it's lying helplessly on its back.
• They found the puppy lying helplessly by the side of the road.
• She fell and broke her leg, forced to lie helplessly in the snow.
• With a broken leg, the hiker could only lie helplessly and wait for rescue.