| 单词 | helpless |
| 例句 | But what most struck Winston was the look of helpless fright on the woman’s grayish face. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He asked his questions, and after each, I drew the razor down his pimpled cheeks in my helpless fancy, and saw him bleed. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z It would take them a week to break a path through the thicket; and anyone who wormed his way in would be helpless. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry, Roy. It’s hard to think about those poor helpless birds, I know.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I saw the shock and shame in my father's eyes as he lay helpless in front of his wife and children. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z “I feel such a baby, so helpless,” Inigo said, taking the next bite, chewing away. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z It’s almost as if I am completely helpless without Frightful. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z My father was not accustomed to being helpless. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I felt helpless, like there was nothing I could do to fix anything. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z But they had 18 hostages lying helpless and chained at their feet. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z They just saw this thing that was suddenly helpless. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “You heard me. Or did inhaling that polish kill whatever helpless brain cells you had left?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Papá asked, lifting his hands palms up, helpless. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z There was something about it which made me fearful, helpless. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “You stood there and directed him how to hold this drunken helpless Indian woman down in the bottom of that canyon while you got ready to shoot a bullet into her brain?” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The sparrows were so frail, helpless, and innocent. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Never in his life had he felt so exposed, so vulnerable, so helpless. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z I stood at the side of my teacher’s bed in a state of disbelief, feeling helpless. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z Behind these walls, she seemed caught, and helpless in a way I’d never imagined she could be. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “The left side is paralyzed. The right side partly. Probably there is no sight in the left eye, but we can’t determine that. In other words, your father is nearly helpless.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Someday—soon, maybe—Ophie wouldn’t have to feel so helpless around the spirits she saw every day. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z There are always those who take it upon themselves to defend God, as if Ultimate Reality, as if the sustaining frame of existence, were something weak and helpless. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z All that was left of Troy was a band of helpless captive women, whose husbands were dead, whose children had been taken from them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Bombs were dropped on the helpless civilian population. Residential areas were their sole targets, and it was obvious that this strategy had nothing to do with any military targets. Simply put, it was sheer terror.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z But that he had to watch, helpless, knowing how depraved it was—this was punishment for the other prisoners, too. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Me: I felt helpless when I heard about the scorecard. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Kit stood helpless as he took his leave and strode lightly away. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Brave, aggressive men of action like Colonel Cathcart left him feeling helpless and alone. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z To Indigenous peoples, these colonizers sometimes seemed—and often were—incompetent and virtually helpless. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z She won by very convincingly portraying herself as weak and helpless so that she would be ignored. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Here there was a delay, for Fiver—surrounded on all sides by the quiet summer evening—became helpless and almost paralyzed with fear. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I feel like a child again, a helpless child in a house of death. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Looking at the house now, with Ruth at his side, her mittened hand in his, he feels strangely helpless. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Daddy stands in the middle of the street, breathing hard, looking helpless. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Gollum, however, was helpless with terror, and was convinced that they were being hunted, that their approach was known. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z But this one time we were studying Walt Whitman and his feelings of being helpless or the futility of life or something. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Rowan wailed—never had he felt so helpless. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “She’s just a poor helpless old woman! Oh, please tell me! Will they harm her?” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z She’d wondered what kind of men needed to display their strength to helpless captives in chains. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z No longer do we lie helpless, waiting on the scaffold, we can destroy and kill, to save ourselves, to save ourselves and to be revenged. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Enough to stop the spinning as her helpless smithereens scattered. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z "I would sooner face any number of swords than sit helpless like this, pretending to enjoy the company of this flock of frightened hens." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z And you’re constitutionally unable to love or understand any son of God who says a human being, any human being—even a Professor Tupper—is more valuable to God than any soft, helpless Easter chick.” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z He was reluctant to accept and did so only as though helpless to resist. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z But then she looked up at her helpless sister and knew what her answer must be. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z Polly clenched her hands into fists, furious at being so helpless and angry at her own selfishness as well. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z "You don't recognize your little friend, do you? That is because we caught him when he was completely helpless! On the night when he must turn into a root!" When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z When he was at his most helpless, he made it. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z She swayed upon her little feet and to Wang Lung there was nothing so wonderful for beauty in the world as her pointed little feet and her curling helpless hands. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z “You might say that I’m honest about everything except cards. For some reason I’m helpless about cheating at cards.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Lyra watched helpless nearby, nursing Pan, rocking him against her breast. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Finally, I just stood there, helpless, praying Betty Jean would understand. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Somehow we became so completely hysterical that we were still having what Mom calls fits of helpless laughter when we got to school. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z I felt scared and helpless all at the same time. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z She was tall and well endowed, of a rather helpless and tearful temperament that roused men’s ancestral instinct for protection. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked small and helpless between the two huge officers. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z In a room where the fire burned low and orange on the hearth they were helpless while an old man strangled with pneumonia. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Afterward, she did double duty, nursing Tad Lincoln and caring for Mrs. Lincoln, helpless in her grief. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z But she was helpless to do anything about it, helpless to control it, and ex-hausted by the conversation in the rowboat. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z They prayed: “O city of Athena, help us, so that the laws of justice shall not be defiled and through all lands the helpless and oppressed shall be delivered.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z My grandma, now an old woman but once a helpless baby, handed over into safety by her doomed parents. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z And, with that, he shuffled to the edge of the pit and leered down at his helpless prisoners. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z His legs were sprawled wide in helpless relaxation and one of the buttons was missing from his grease-caked pants opening. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z His eyes seemed so wide and helpless, it made my chest hurt. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Kino hovered; he was helpless, he was in the way. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z There I was, someone who’d learned to survive out in the open with the cattle back home, who’d learned to go without food and water all day—and I was helpless. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z But I didn’t feel embarrassed or helpless or singled out. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Saccharine sentimentality isn’t going to stop me from feeling helpless and terrified. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Smith somehow got her pulled into a van and taken back to the barn, where she lay helpless. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z A little war of defense for helpless things was going on inside her. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Lyra, helpless, could only imagine what had happened: somehow Mrs. Coulter must have crossed that chasm, and followed her up here.... The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I feel just rotten about it, but I’m absolutely helpless to do anything more than I’ve already done. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z They feel that there are mathematical minds and nonmathematical minds, and that the former always come up with answers instantaneously whereas the latter are helpless and hopeless. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z But now, with a helpless human being lying in the cot, one so dependent on others that her very existence had to be proof of a higher goodness, things had changed. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z His soft hands washed each other in a gesture of helpless distress. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She gave a start when she saw how old and helpless I was. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t hear me call, nor see me flap my parasol in front, and there we were, quite helpless, rattling away, and whirling around corners at a breakneck pace. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z With every minute that ticked by, Barry felt more helpless and terrified. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z Soon he was helpless, lying in the bath with his chin just above the water. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Thinking of the last real smile we shared and then our final terrible, helpless moments together when he was yelling at me to run. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z She began to cry, too, a helpless crying, and they held each other. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Soft moans floated up from the Midfolk huddled behind me, but my attention stayed glued on Gum Baby’s helpless struggles. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z When it came to that kind of fighting Hera knew she was helpless. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She tore at the mesh, helpless, and then hurled her whole weight against the machine as he brought two wires together with a spark. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z How could she have deployed this, again and again, into the dreams of the helpless sleepers of Weep? Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z It was strong and fleshy and brutal, it was full of intelligence and a sort of controlled passion before which he felt himself helpless; but it was tired. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “You made it all about you, how great you are. What a good friend. And you made me look like a helpless baby.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Then, while the four members of the Egypt gang stared at them in helpless fuming anger, they just sat there, leaning against each other’s backs, still shaking with gradually weakening seizures. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z And yet, Brigid was not a helpless child. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z She never lost her feeling that he was young and helpless. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The look on his face was priceless, and his body was limp with helpless vexation. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “I told you all I remember,” I say with a helpless shrug. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Perhaps some storyteller saw the helpless, suffering creature Odysseus left behind as a thing to be pitied. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Actually he was the least helpless, because he got exactly what he wanted with a minimum of effort. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z And he found himself gasping and shaking and crying aloud with more anger and pain than he had ever felt in his life, and he found Lyra just as helpless in his arms. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z They rendered him immobile, helpless, as the familiar voice rose from the back of his mind. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Milkman closed his eyes, helpless to pull away before the completion of the dream. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Her fast thinking left him confused and helpless. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Sarai cracked first, tipping into helpless laughter, and Feral followed, and mirth worked its mundane magic, leaching the tension from Sarai’s spine and relieving the cold dread that had been pressing on her all evening. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z First I watch frozen and helpless while gloved hands carry out the bloody dissection in Darius’s mouth. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Seven felt completely helpless, but then she remembered there was one thing she could do on her own. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z With Supercargo lying helpless upon the bar, the men whirled about like maniacs. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She had watched in helpless anguish while the flaming plane slowly glided to earth, knowing that her friend Zhenya was burning to death in the air. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z For in the funny sort of way that had struck her at the first, they were helpless. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z If the gods are finally helpless before evil, men and women must be more so. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Men who wrote about the Great Fire generally portrayed women as passive and helpless, waiting for their husbands, brothers, or some other man to save them. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z And the great summer storms that came through these parts that blackened the sky and tore up deep-rooted oaks made him feel uncomfortably small and helpless. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He daydreamed out his life, and his mother loved him more than the others because she thought he was helpless. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z But were he wrecked, the living water would engulf him, helpless; and he would indeed be lost. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Through his lips came a familiar, helpless mutter. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Almost choking with helpless rage she stumbled after Judith, who had moved ahead too absorbed to even notice. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Even Septa Mordane was helpless before him; when he sang his little song about the High Septon, she laughed so hard she spilled wine on herself. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z His head was still intact and his two glass eyes stared up at her with the helpless look that is the specialty of taxidermists. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s three on one and he’s helpless to defend himself. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z And if they’re not in a forgiving frame of mind, what will it be like for him to be so helpless in their hands? Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Horrified, The Goober counted the punches Janza was throwing at his helpless opponent. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked at him with round, helpless black eyes. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z With all the buttons and switches at my command, I was helpless to change anything on the other side of the glass. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z “But the world itself is only a speck of dust. And man is tiny—helpless! How long has he been in existence? For millions of years the earth was uninhabited.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Gerald glanced over at the helpless Angel, eased himself across the floor, and grabbed Jordan’s leg. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt the evil coagulating about him, and he was helpless to protect himself. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z Just thirteen years ago, I felt helpless, like I’d never be free. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z But she was as helpless as the others. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I have felt this way in the Prado in Madrid after looking at a hundred paintings—the stuffed and helpless inability to see more. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z She was helpless, exactly like a fly being trussed by a spider. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z "A good lord comforts and protects the weak and helpless," he told the Freys. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z When they had entered the mountains, he had been her captive, bound and helpless. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She turned back to me, shrugged, and widened her eyes as if helpless. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z He noticed the young mouse’s evident interest in his surroundings and quickly diverted his attention with a savage kick at the helpless figure. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Billy watched him for a while; his black skin already glistened with crystals of sweat as he threw deft combinations against an imaginary, helpless opponent. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I lunge for it but I’m armless, helpless. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The stranger was looking at Malcolm, and behind him his father was looking down with weary, helpless loathing. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z We watch, utterly helpless, as the flesh melts off his body like candle wax. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z She had a helpless kind of fear about water, about rain, and she’d say God was testing her sense of humor, setting her up in a place called Deep Water. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z “Resolution?” he repeated with a helpless laugh, and looked up at the citadel. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I feel utterly helpless as we stop in front of the gate. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Were they just more stupid and helpless than most people? Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Count Rugen was a bit surprised that his point had been deflected, but there was nothing wrong with piercing a helpless man’s shoulder. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The boy hated the man with the red face with the same total but helpless hatred he had felt when he saw his father chained, when he saw Sounder shot. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She stood there helpless and trembling in her wedding silks while he secured the horses, and when he turned to look at her, she began to cry. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The man in black quickly tied Inigo’s hands around a tree and left him there, for the moment, sleeping and helpless. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z For a night and a day Selitos stood helpless beside Lanre and could do nothing more than watch and listen to the screams of the dying, the ring of iron, the crack of breaking stone. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Do you still pick on the weak and helpless, Donny? Are you proud of that, too?” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Many husbands will return home to find that the helpless little wives they left behind have become grown, independent women,” wrote columnist Evelyn Mansfield Swann in the Norfolk Journal and Guide. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Long she stared while the triumph faded and the helpless frustration returned—and of all her turbulent thoughts only one infinitely bitter word passed her lips. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Maybe if he had to comfort her, he wouldn’t feel so helpless, so terrified, himself. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z A few months after they began to go out together, he began to smuggle her into his rooms, where he lived like a helpless, exiled prince. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z These particular boys caught Nel once, and pushed her from hand to hand until they grew tired of the frightened helpless face. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z He imagined how it must have been to watch, helpless, while his future was beaten to pieces. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Percy felt helpless, barely connected to the world. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z But she wasn’t made of metal, and her eyes were as helpless as the rest of her. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z But before his complete impassivity her passion was helpless. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She sighed in helpless fury, and felt tears springing to her eyes. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Everyone concealed that little hell in himself, while publicly pretending it did not exist—and when he was caught up in it he was completely helpless. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The hyena’s roar filled the higher range of what my ears could hear, Orange Juice’s bass roar filled the lower range, and somewhere in between I could hear the cries of the helpless zebra. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Isaacson did everything she could to save Mayinga, but she was as helpless before the agent as medieval doctors had been in the face of the black plague. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But in reality his is only a little boy, a little boy who feels helpless and unable to protect his own family. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Dressed in his khaki uniform and helmet, he looked like a helpless turtle flipped upside down. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z A lot of people in the state resented the fact that television reporters were flooding in and sending back reports about how ignorant, poor, and helpless everybody was in West Virginia. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z In addition to their discomfort, they were exposed and helpless. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z They prodded the prisoners with cutlass points and slapped out with flat blades at the helpless defenders. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I felt as sorry for him as I had felt for a litter of helpless pigs bom in our backyard sty in Arkansas. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He seemed to thrive on inflicting agony on the helpless. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z The guards stepped away from the helpless companions. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z The good memories I have of these men—of helpless laughter, of bets won and pranks hatched— they are stolen away. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z She looked innocuous, but he knew that a helpless old woman could never survive on her own in the Great Wood. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z To them it would look like I’d just attacked a helpless cheerleader in front of a group of witnesses. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z He looks worried and helpless, but already withdrawing from me, distancing himself. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z After some helpless casting about, Mike brightened and began again:— Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z He seemed to be so young, a cub, a puppy, something helpless and beaten, a creature so sunk in misery that it was more misery than creature. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z I may have been completely helpless in the outside world, but she wasn’t. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Finally she threw up a hand and uttered a helpless “Oh, I don’t know—he’s so common.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Ellen, too, was taken of it, and I was left alone and helpless. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z The Grand Maester spread his hands in a gesture of helpless sorrow. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “So what do you think I should do?” she asks, sounding helpless. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Through the thin counterpane she could see what was left of his belly huddled before him on the bed like some helpless thing seeking shelter. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Now the big wave a long time kept him under, helpless to surface, held by tons of water, tangled, too, by the seacloak of Kalypso. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “If that’s the case,” she said to herself, “I should be buried in food. I’m helpless enough. I cannot fell a caribou or catch a bird. And I’m lost, besides.” Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z A parent, after all, is the steward of another creature’s life, a creature who in the beginning is more helpless than the newborn of nearly any other species. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z It was painful to watch the transformation on my cousin's face—from his usual cocky leer to a scared, crumpled, helpless look. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z She would have preferred that it had happened to her, because then she wouldn’t be standing here, helpless, with the entire fifth grade looking to her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z It aided in reproduction and in convincing both parents to stay around and fight for their scrawny, helpless young. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I heard myself strangely demoting our men to the more helpless boys. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z How could he be so terrifying just a moment ago, and so helpless now? Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “I just don’t want to feel helpless or voiceless anymore.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Imam Malik looks helpless as our class bombards him with questions. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Terrors stirred within her, and she imagined she could hear a din of helpless screaming in the heads of all the ghosts. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She turned to look at her brother, sitting so helpless in the chair. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z It was an intolerable state of things to both mother and son, and yet they were helpless, only two and one of them a woman against a great company. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z And I don’t guess I ever saw a more helpless look on Mama’s face as she took it. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Walton calls out, flailing her little arms like a helpless newborn bird. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z El Paso Austin had been a helpless opponent but even so, the performance of Winchell had been wonderful. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z O Pomp—chief usher of horrors—you who sought out death in tales, you who relished death most—now you are engulfed by your own terrors—and I, who am helpless, pray for thee. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Cecilia might have been ten years older, but there really was something quite hopeless and helpless about her. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Who else would be spied upon and reported for picking a helpless stray of a kitten from a gutter? A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The others piled forward in a helpless heap and began cursing him again. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z And the thing that stings most, to me, is that I'm so helpless to stop the madness. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was cruel to desert the helpless sufferer, but they were desperate to get on to Troy, and with his bow and arrows he would at least never lack for food. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The president stayed good-natured despite enduring the painful changes of his wound dressing, the constant monitoring of his vital signs, and the boredom of lying helpless in bed. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Declaration looked at me, wide-eyed, and I stared back at her in a helpless way. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I looked up at Stick, still struggling with the man, but I was no longer helpless. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z But she hesitated to kill any monster when it was so helpless, even Arachne. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He felt helpless and heartbroken but also so terribly guilty. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Like she was some helpless child who needed tending. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z For the last time, John Wilkes Booth saw the hands, now helpless, that had slain Abraham Lincoln. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The citadel’s sickening lurch, the helpless silk-on-mesarthium glide down the seraph’s slick palm, flailing wildly for something to hold on to and finding nothing, and then...falling. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z In two large strides the Trunchbull was behind Eric's desk, and there she stood, a pillar of doom towering over the helpless boy. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z She was in it—the plump partridge who had always been helpless. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the most helpless I have ever felt in my life. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The cub didn’t know the nature of the threat but he knew he was afraid and helpless. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z She tried not to sound as frightened and helpless as she felt. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Unsure whether there was oxygen waiting for him, Hall decided that the best course of action was to remain with Hansen and try to bring the nearly helpless client down without gas. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Cole felt helpless as he watched the Tlingit elder disappear across the water. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z What a helpless child! and a surge of love filled him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The answer is that we are not helpless in the face of our first impressions. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z At last he started home, but a tempest shipwrecked him and only after many and great dangers had he succeeded in reaching the Phaeacian land, a helpless, destitute man. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z We both stared, I sprawling helpless on my back, the sword across my belly, the guard leaning forward, still holding the hilt as if afraid to let it go. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Worse yet, men would assault the women trying to make a bit of money, leaving them “poor, wretched, and helpless.” Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z This and his need, which seems to me at times helpless and beyond his control. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z And without a rifle the agent was helpless. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Dicey felt helpless, absolutely helpless, with the two little ones holding her hands. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The dreams he’d had all had to do . fc . with sirens and crashes and emergencies he was somehow involved in but helpless to prevent. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z I couldn’t imagine rationing something as helpless as an animal. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z He was doing them a good turn because they had saved his life but, as Hazel knew, he could not help despising them for timid, helpless, stay-at-home creatures who could not fly. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe that I feel broken and lost and helpless. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z The homeless, the helpless, the sick, the small and lost, all filed past his window. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Horses and animals, lost or abandoned by their owners, roamed helpless in the streets. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I stared at him, feeling helpless and terrified. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The ground was alive with insects—so many that Doon just laughed in helpless wonder. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t help feeling a kind of helpless and dispiriting pointlessness in what I was doing. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The waiting made Bran feel even more helpless than before. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She had a happy, helpless expression on her face, which was flushed and hot. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z They watch the Dauntless stream past them with helpless looks on their faces. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z We have to search every inch of Alphie’s body because he’s a baby and helpless. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Meggie felt sure Capricorn wanted to strike Fenoglio to the ground, but his fear was too strong, leaving him helpless to act. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I was slack jawed, immobile and helpless, frozen in the grass. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z In their coded exchanges they had drawn close, but how artificial that closeness seemed now as they embarked on their small talk, their helpless catechism of polite query and response. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z They went in despairing grief, leaving the lovely helpless creature to meet her doom alone, and they shut themselves in their palace to mourn all their days for her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z My heart was wrenched at the sight of their flagellation, but I was helpless. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z They’re trying to help other people, in their own way; because, knowing them, I can guess at how helpless they must feel inside. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z It’s like we’ve gone through a time warp, and I’m tiny and helpless against his tickle attacks all over again. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Jinny watched the tears fall and darken the blanket, feeling helpless. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Her eyes were red and bloated, without luster, and her pupils were dilated, which gave her a frightened, helpless look. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I had to wait, no matter how helpless I felt. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z I wished I could see better; walking in semidarkness left me helpless. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z He lies in a large room and receives us with feeble expressions of joy and helpless agitation. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I want to scream, run, smash my way out of it but I'm frozen, helpless to do anything but fervently hope I’ll die before I reach the shadowy figures awaiting me above. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z A simple image entered Cole’s mind: a tiny sparrow in a nest, helpless, neck straining upward, mouth gaping open. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Fischer signed his score sheet, made a helpless gesture as if to say “What am I supposed to do now?” and left the stage. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The man in black dangled helpless in space, clinging to the Cliffs with both hands. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z She knew he would be fearful, helpless, and alone. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z I’d spent the better part of the day in Alice’s staggeringly vast bathroom, a helpless victim as she played hairdresser and cosmetician. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z All he could do was again to sit wretched and helpless on the shore, but this time not trying in fury to kill people, only singing mournful love songs to soften the sea nymph’s heart. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z George had never seen her look so sad and helpless, not even when Uncle Cliff died. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z Some nights, in the soft, helpless moments before sleep comes, she recalls their conversation on the roof about love and dark matter. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Her uncle’s voice was its usual low growl, or pitched high with helpless laughter. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Being helpless and thinking baby thoughts and dreaming baby dreams and messing up his pants again and smiling all the time. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Her silences left him feeling helpless and eager to win back her attention. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “A book of fairy tales broke your nose,” she said, helpless not to smile at how wrong her first impression had been. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Human babies are helpless, dependent for many years on their elders for sustenance, protection and education. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z A woman in exile with little helpless children had no protection for herself or them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She thought he was feeble and helpless, but she would learn otherwise before the night was done. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z If I did happen on a bear, I would be quite helpless. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The one who caught the look was helpless, the one who bestowed it, immune. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Zoey has this blank look on her face—this blank, helpless look—like she knows what’s about to happen, and there’s nothing she can do to stop it. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z Will I be Al, standing over a man’s body, knowing I’m the one who put him on the ground, or will I be Will, lying in a helpless heap? Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z She’d cover the pits with branches and leaves and wait for helpless victims to tumble to their doom. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z In actuality, the pogrom—the massacre and brutal treatment of helpless people—had been carefully planned, organized, and carried out by the Nazi government, namely by Joseph Goebbels, the minister of propaganda. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Charles felt for his brother the affection one has for helpless things, for blind puppies and new babies. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The hair short and bristly from the morning haircut, the head this moment vulnerable, helpless, and loathed. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt totally helpless, without any hope my life could be better. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Jalil kept twirling his wedding band, with a bruised, helpless look on his face. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Seeing her there—even as a friend—broken the way she is makes Justyce feel as helpless as he did the night he got arrested. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The kind in a horror movie that tells you something unspeakable is about to happen and you’re helpless to stop it. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z His gaze—helpless, wild—hit me like a blackjack. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z All the cares of state, however, and all the deeds of knight-errantry to defend the wronged and helpless, could not restrain Theseus’ love of danger for the sake of danger. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He looks me over with that grin that never goes away, and seems to approve of my helpless situation. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “Come in behind it! They’re cowards! They only attack helpless rabbits.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He pointed to the radiator, where the cat lay, its blue eyes closed, leaving only an empty, black, and helpless face. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z She put her elbows on the table, so close and so helpless that Aureliano heard the deep sound of her bones, and she became interested in the parchments. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He rejoined the man about ten feet away and turned to see that any trace of the crying, helpless, I-want-to-quit Trina was gone, replaced with the firmly resolved woman Mark was used to seeing. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The world spun and he was thrown forward, as helpless as a cork in a waterfall. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Miyax did not want to suffer a wound, but it seemed to her that in order to be fed by wolves one had to be helpless. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She felt helpless, her cheeks hot with shame. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He would not suffer this helpless waiting, this sitting trapped on a little island muttering useless spells of lock and ward. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Arm felt a deep pity for this man who had so much power and yet was utterly helpless to get back the one thing that had meaning for him. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He looked helpless, like he didn’t know what to do, then commenced patting her shoulder. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z His revulsion was a reaction to her young, helpless, hopeless presence. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z And I felt helpless because I was just a child and I couldn’t change anything. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z From the air sharks could be seen moving in, attracted by the helpless and dying fishes in the water. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z After Akira put the candy in his mouth, she put his pajamas on him because he looked so helpless. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He pantomimed running instead, inching away until Gloria found herself running after him as he dodged her narrowly, forcing her to veer in helpless circles, little arms outstretched and fanning at the air. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z But my dad looked so vulnerable, it pained me to think that he had finally reached a point where he could help his family, only to end up helpless himself. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Powell sighed, “Everything automatic. Everything just so. Never felt so helpless in my life. Where’s your plumbing?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Backing away, Luke and the doctor waited, tense and helpless. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z I’ve never felt this helpless, and it’s an awful, awful feeling. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “It is always the same way,” she said, her expression helpless in a worn, weary face. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z The rawness of Edna’s grief made her helpless, brought the urge to stretch her hand into the past and reverse history. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It was sullen with helpless fury at all the bad luck that had befallen them lately. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z They are helpless in this grim fighting area, they fall like flies. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “As I lay there helpless, my life flashed before me. I realized that I had overcome too many obstacles in my life to just give up and die. I had too much to live for.” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z I feel lost and my father looks helpless. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes he’d put out his hands in a kind of helpless gesture. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z They stood looking down at the fresh thing, helpless and only half alive. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z One man lamented, “We punish our children until they become cowards and liars, and then we deplore their heartless ingratitude when we in turn become weak and helpless.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Now you are trapped here, helpless, while the mortal world dies. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Meera was going to climb right into this, Bran realized, with a sick sense of helpless terror. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It’s just a very lonely, helpless feeling at first—a kind of desolate feeling. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z These passages show that the great and bitter needs of the helpless were reaching up to heaven and changing the god of the strong into the protector of the weak. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It pained Mariam—it pained her considerably—to picture Rasheed panic-stricken and helpless, pacing the banks of the lake and pleading with it to spit his son back onto dry land. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z For three years I had thought of myself as a man and here with a few words he'd made me as helpless as an infant. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “And I feel so helpless and useless. I want to do something.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Taimanov arrived with a full Russian entourage: a second, an assistant, and a match manager, but even with all the help, he was, nevertheless, helpless. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I was furious that she could still twist everything, but what hurt the most was that she could still make me feel helpless. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z I was helpless to stop any of it; I’d been robbed of hope as surely as Nana was being robbed of her memories. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z She raged against it, helpless and insulted, and blurted at last, “I don’t want to die.” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z As the time drew near she spent her days in helpless panic lest she wake up and find a baby in bed with her. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z But sitting in Jason’s cabin, waiting for him to wake up, she felt alone and helpless. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Even the regular-sized rats back home would attack a person if they were helpless. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I saw her almost a recluse, watching those two doomed children growing up whom she was helpless to save. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought of Geneva as a helpless baby, my dad carrying her to safety, and tears welled up in my eyes, I forced them back. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z And the Megan part practically gave me an aneurysm when she put her ginger-lotion hand on my arm and said, with pleading and helpless eyes, “Will you help me, Ryan Dean? Please?” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z My sister whirled and dove under the table and curled into a tight knot of screaming, helpless, naked fear; there was nothing I could do to protect her or myself. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z In the clutch of die helpless I am helpless. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He’s helpless on the cot, his eyes wide with fear. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The muddy river distorted and widened, kept us helpless in the groove of its central channel, pulling and pulling. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z When a white man faces a black man, especially if the black man is helpless, terrible things are revealed. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z Mark felt utterly helpless—there was no way to shield himself from the barrage. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z She felt charmed and almost helpless in the face of this, carried along by him; perhaps they were indeed dating after one kiss since he was so sure that they were. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z For an instant he stood above the helpless Bigwig, his shoulders filling the run. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “When was the helpless goose ever not eaten by the fox?” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z In retaliation, he gives a helpless kitten mew that brings my sister immediately to his defense. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z At any time of night and day, poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The savaged population of Europe stood helpless as plowshares and pruning hooks were literally beaten into swords and spears.' Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Her head reeling, Kit stood helpless as, one after the other, they rose and made their complaints, these men and women whom she scarcely recognized. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Though Jonathan, listening to something his father is saying, doesn’t hear, Gogol feels helpless, annoyed yet unable to blame his mother, caught in the mess he’s made. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Then he looked at Pipkin, huddled into a fold of sand, more panic-stricken and helpless than any rabbit he had ever seen. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The images she’d seen had almost overwhelmed her: Percy and Annabeth helpless at the feet of those black metal doors, the dark giant looming over them. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The soldiers seemed helpless because the warrior attack was swift. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z If there’s a more helpless feeling than trying to reach someone you love who’s trapped underground, I don’t know it. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z We’re all small, scared, helpless animals, our legs caught in the teeth of a steel trap. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z My dad gave the man a helpless shrug. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z It made me feel less helpless to be a girl of fifteen doing what many regarded as a man’s job. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Now that we were actually here in the cemetery, we felt shocked and helpless. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z We two were left alone, angry and helpless. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I clear my throat, looking past her at the small, helpless baby on the other side of the glass. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z I'm helpless as the first hunter crashes through the trees, spear lifted, poised to throw. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “It gets easier, Mia—missing them and feeling guilty and helpless that you couldn’t save them. Oscar kind of settled into my memory, and I take him with me. Does that make sense?” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Who had ever expended so much passion on a dream, only to stand helpless as it was granted to others? Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He seemed to be holding on to the words, using them as a rope to pull himself into a decision, something that would feel more useful, like he wasn’t helpless. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Solemn, silent rows of people being taken to God knows what, and we stare after them, helpless. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The coins in his hand, he stared at her, helpless before his own cupidity. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z She hadn’t expected her son’s illness to take this turn, and she feels helpless and angry, like the times Jorge had bullied Javier as a child. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z An Osage, speaking to a reporter about the guardians, stated, “Your money draws ’em and you’re absolutely helpless. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Can I go home now?” asked Ben with a helpless voice that was more than enough to break her heart. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “Look what they did to my little grandson. What kind of monster does this to a helpless child?” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Yet the ice pack, with Patience Camp and its twenty-eight frustrated and helpless men, drifted past. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z He wished he could clench his fist and swing his arm and blot out, kill, sweep away the Bessie on Bessie’s face and leave the other helpless and yielding before him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Not a helpless or pleading child, but a petulant one, the type of tough boy who’s known too little love and is quick to blame others for his mistakes. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She could see no more than two or three yards in the murk, and even Pantalaimon’s owl eyes were helpless. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I saw the paleness of his skin, the stray white hairs, the way his arms hung limp and helpless. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “About so much, all right? I’m helpless before your cherry pies, Mrs. Trotter. Totally helpless.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Roy overheard her tell a reporter how proud she was of her boy, risking his freedom to save the poor helpless owls. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course, she could never stop thinking about the sons she had lost, especially Tsalig, because she had stood by helpless as he had been taken away. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z He felt like a helpless baby, not able to roll away from his own filth. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z "My wives will beat me and call me fool, but I am a helpless child in your hands. Come, right, that is less than it is worth." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Her chiseled marble features crumbled into the angry, helpless rage of a child. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z I try not to look at the posters, but it’s hard not to, since the print is so big and the chubby kids in the pictures look so sad and helpless. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z I went home, feeling sad and a little helpless. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z It is not like a thunderstorm on the water or sudden illness before which you are helpless. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt let down and helpless, packed like a bird’s egg in the cotton of his father’s ambition for him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Haie laughs so much that he dislocates his jaw, and suddenly stands there helpless with his mouth wide open. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The Senses Taker sat back with a satisfied smile on his puffy little face as the demons came closer and closer, until less than a minute separated them from their helpless victims. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z I had never felt more alone and helpless in the world. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Kit sat helpless, her cheeks on fire, and then the laughter and the cheering left her giddy as William stepped resolutely forward to claim his forfeit. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z And when you arrive with your repeating rifles and your tanks, when you set upon children and helpless villages, should we not use the weapons we possess? Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He circled around Bobby, helpless to help but wanting to, even though he was told to “go away.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z He had been as helpless as a baby, no more able to defend himself than Rickon would have been. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She went up to her sister-in-law, gently removed the wig, and saw that she was nearly bald: aged and helpless. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z With his parents gone, he wound up in a filthy orphanage, more like a prison than a home for helpless kids. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z And if we could not make sense of complicated situations in a flash, basketball would be chaotic, and bird-watchers would be helpless. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Tears stung his eyes, he felt so helpless. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I must have looked completely helpless, because she took pity on me. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Only one idea remained to him—Bigwig must be prevented from going out, for he was helpless. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z His leg throbbed, and he felt as helpless as a child. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I couldn't imagine Mary being as helpless as the old woman at the eviction, and by the time I reached the apartment I had begun to lose my depression. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Not hysterical laughter, but the helpless laugher of someone who’s just heard something so funny they can’t help but bubble over with it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Each time he sees all of those people there, fenced in and helpless, he’s had half a mind to just drop the entire payload of water on them. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Alex makes a vague noise of approval, and his arms fumble around Henry’s waist, but he’s helpless to do much else. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He was a force of nature, the helpless agent of our world’s physical laws. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Helmuth wishes there were something more he could say, something he could do to help Rudi, but at this moment he feels helpless. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z What mattered were individual relationships, and a completely helpless gesture, an embrace, a tear, a word spoken to a dying man, could have value in itself. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Then he gave chase and, of course, he was faster, but the Count made it through a doorway, slammed and locked it, and Inigo was helpless to budge the thing. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The enemy was upon him; he was rooted helpless to the spot. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “I know. It’s terrible. They’re helpless. Women and little children, being smeared with blood to make sure the beasts attack them!” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z I feel so helpless that I can't even understand what a lullaby means. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Now he was in Tartarus, dying from gorgon’s blood plus a dozen other agonizing curses, while he watched his girlfriend stumble around, helpless and blind and believing he’d abandoned her. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He had, for a moment, an image of himself, fists flashing, rendering Vegas helpless against the ropes. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z But it had been—to make sure they were left alone to do what needed to be done, and to remember that he wasn’t helpless. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The young, strong body, now helpless in sleep, awoke in him a pitying, protecting feeling. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z But that day when I saw him in the spring, so helpless against the angry she bear, I learned different. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt cold with the look of helpless pleading I saw in them. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Charles ducked in and under it and the helpless arm went around his neck. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Along with all the horror of loss, and the weariness, and all the sick helpless rage, there was coming now a monstrous disgust. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Except for the birds and reptiles, all these animals were marsupials—like kangaroos, they gave birth to tiny, helpless, fetus-like young which they then nurtured with milk in abdominal pouches. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Now I was back in weak, helpless flesh. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z He protected his two helpless daughters and sent them safely home after their father’s death. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He passed her over to Alice and then went to the window again, because the thought of his mother had brought sudden, helpless tears to his eyes. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z For a moment I lie there blinded, completely helpless. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z And then, thinking of her mother, she saw herself as small, weak, and helpless, and she began to cry, suddenly, crushed as much by outrage as by shock. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, he had to. He was worried most about the helpless ones—you know, the widows, the old people, the children.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z Secretary of State William H. Seward was in that room, lying helpless in bed, defended by no one—Powell probably assumed—but a frail-looking girl. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z His little teeth looked so kindly and helpless. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked so helpless, water streaming down his head, his eyes wide and sunken. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I let go his collar, feeling completely helpless. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z They'd come frightened and helpless, and her brother had taken them in when most lords would have closed their gates. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Like so many other times during the impossible task, Seven felt helpless. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z I felt lousy and helpless, and I said something to Ruthanne about it while she was cleaning up after breakfast. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z He found himself stiffening, as if for a final spring; he no longer felt limp like a helpless prey. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I was weary of feeling foolish and helpless and useless. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z The shock of a horse’s charge, its maneuverability, the speed of attack that it permitted, and the raised and protected fighting platform that it provided left foot soldiers nearly helpless in the open. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I may be in my nineties, but who says I’m helpless? Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I saw the Serjeant’s eye upon me from across the room, and dropped my own gaze to the page, where I helpless took in several incomprehensible paragraphs regarding place, chess pieces, ships, and substance. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z She paused, her hands helpless in front of her, and then, “Yes, my brother-in-law,” she said. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z When Parliament listened to the sugar lords, the colonists felt helpless, as if they were slaves. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Adam said petulantly, “I’m not helpless, Lee. Stop arguing.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z When neither herb teas nor physics cured him she was helpless. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Outside, Liam was banging metal against metal—growing more helpless and angry by the second. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z "Gods, he's only a little boy, helpless, sleeping . . ." Catelyn gave her firstborn a challenging look. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I never had been in such a jammed mass of people, but I never had felt more alone, and helpless, since I was a baby. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z They can take care of themselves in a wilderness, but they are naive and helpless against men, and perhaps that is why they went out in the first place. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Dimple pitied Seema, caught like a helpless fly in the web of their crazy. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z But I also remembered how helpless and afraid he had made me feel, and I regretted not having done more. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z As he worked, he remembered the men he had trained: Keeler—Johnny—Owens—Lem...When he thought of Lem he stopped working and pounded his fist on the desk in helpless rage. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite all of Percyjackson’s power, despite everything he had survived, in the end he was helpless against the sheer strength of the giant - and the inevitability of the prophecy. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I was haunted by my helpless bureaucratic demurrals in the face of his desperation and the silence of his response. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z And perhaps most I loved this about her, her helpless way, love it still, how she can’t hide a single thing, that she looks hurt when she is hurt, seems happy when happy. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I had passed my limit of taking in or, like a man who goes on stuffing in food after he is filled, I felt helpless to assimilate what was fed in through my eyes. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Against girls and their indirectness, their whisperings, he would be helpless. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z It was Gatsby's father, a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed, bundled up in a long cheap ulster against the warm September day. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z “She was so helpless. I felt as if I knew her.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Stanton later recalled that when it came to running the meeting, she and her friends “felt as helpless and hopeless as if they had been suddenly asked to construct a steam engine.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z How pitiless were the Fates and how helpless was this poor Black girl. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z But in a moment I was on my knees again, helpless and sobbing. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Never would such a demand have been made by the lovely lady of the woodland and the forest, who was especially the protector of little helpless creatures. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Claustrophobia was part of it, helpless confinement within a process of decay, and a sensation of shrinking. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He argued that we are so helpless at birth that, if the first human infants had been put into the world on their own, they would immediately have died. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She did not tell him that sometimes when she watched Baby running around with the neighborhood children, so helpless and happy, she wanted to gather Baby in her arms and apologize. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He wondered if this was how monsters felt when they were defeated—bursting into dust, helpless and formless. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Estha had, and when he did, his skin grew hot and shiny, and his eyes helpless and beautiful, and Ammu loved him more than usual. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z But she chose the faction where she could help the helpless, and dedicated most of her life to making sure the factionless were provided for. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z His words are still sharp, but his eyes have a softness I haven’t seen since he sat helpless as a baby by Mama’s bedside. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z Given a choice, I preferred someone to understand my situation, even though she was helpless to fix it, rather than the other way around. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Thomas felt as if his feet had been frozen in blocks of ice; he could only stare at the scene of horror unfolding before him, completely helpless. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Perhaps they felt as helpless as I did, but they left New Orleans misrepresented to the world. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z But he looks more defeated than weak, more helpless than scared, liked a caged puppy. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Only for a tiny millisecond did I imagine that he wanted me burned alive along with the multitude of helpless animals. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z The more horrible the crime, the more stunned, shocked, and dismayed is the tranquil city in which it happens; the more helpless are the citizens before it. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I feel utterly helpless as we stop in front of the gate. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z It was a long-drawn, arduous and painful event that left me bathing in sweat and helpless with exhaustion, a trial worse than a high fever. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z She could hear nothing but Basta’s shouting, and she ran back toward him, helpless but wanting to strike him through the bars, right in his bellowing face. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “Delicious!” he declared, rubbing his belly after he had swallowed, making a show of it, and the three of us broke out in helpless, gorgeous laughter once again. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z He laughs at that and before he knows what’s happening I push him down and climb over and straddle him, holding his hands over his head so he’s helpless. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Just looking at the world helpless, in circles, the world going by. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt almost as helpless as my parents lying in their isolation rooms and didn't know whether to punch someone or cry. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z For the first time in his life he was studying a helpless Bull Meecham and thoughts began to gather in storm clouds as his father’s face turned toward him. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z And looked helpless like a shinbone, or a tiny speck of black on the Queen Elizabeth roses, or film on the eye of a dead goldfish. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z She alone, the “too young and too white to be working here” teacher is going to reform a group of helpless “sure to drop out” kids from the ’hood. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z After the next examination I was helpless for two days. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z “Oh my god, you’re speaking Hamilton—I’m just so into you. I’m helpless.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Sometimes she woke up flailing and helpless, and she saw, in front of her and behind her and all around her, an utter hopelessness. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She couldn’t have the man thinking she was a child or a helpless female. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z She won’t stop saying Ye, and now Malachy is helpless with laughter, spewing out his bread and tea, his face turning red. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “Pretty summer day, you can’t think of anything better to do than hassle some helpless little girl? That’s flat- out pathetic, son.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z He was a man who saw another man hit a helpless person. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew how helpless I was without Timothy. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The whole situation should be terrifying, but she felt a kind of helpless surrender to it. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I listened from a distance for as long as I could stand it, clenching my mind on the words of the dragon, then, helpless as always, I went down. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z I beat my fists into my bed in helpless fury that I could not comprehend Hamlet’s behavior. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I suppose if they had always done everything for me, I would be helpless without them. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Wednesday was obviously on the verge of tears, an old man made helpless by the implacable plastic march of the modern world. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z The rest stood there as helpless as sunflowers leaning on a fence. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I could see that she felt helpless, and this made me feel bad too. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Buttercup lay helpless beside the picnic, gagged and tied and blindfolded. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z And I’m suddenly hit with this strange sensation, like there’s an emergency alarm echoing in my head, and my brain is helpless to identify its source. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Great, booming, helpless laughter from the bottom of his soul. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I coughed again and looked over at Idiptu, giving a helpless shrug. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The problem arises when a tree encounters an attacker for which evolution has left it unprepared, and seldom has a tree been more helpless against an invader than the American chestnut against Endothia parasitica. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z A painter by trade, she felt helpless in the face of an unknown virus ravaging her beloved hometown in January 2020. One Good Thing: An artist preserves Wuhan’s COVID memories 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z Despite the immovable face, she has audience and host alike helpless within seconds – interviewing her is akin to lighting the blue touchpaper and retiring. Six to watch: Perfect chatshow guests 2012-11-08T16:30:10Z But he and his team seem forever outsmarted by the bad guys, which sets the stage for lots of killings Hardy seems helpless to prevent. Fox's 'The Following': bloody, ghastly, ill-timed 2012-12-20T14:55:26Z Like the helpless robot in that moment, even “Westworld” ’s most tenacious viewers can only watch, in bewilderment, and wait to be told. The Latest “Westworld” Reveal Shows It’s No “Game of Thrones” 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z And finally they converge on the concept of a clown which is just the most helpless and powerless thing. ‘It Chapter Two’ Is Out. Let’s Talk About Where That Clown Came From. 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z Fellow stars, fans and heads of state were nearly as helpless as Clift's George Eastman. Quintessential star Elizabeth Taylor dies at 79 2011-03-24T10:32:15Z If you watch it now, you get to watch all three in a row, which is very confusing if it’s on TV in 1992, and you’re a helpless child. From Trolls to Transformers: toy films – ranked! 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z Fed up with feeling helpless and preyed upon, she said, she snapped — and took off after the burly thief. Woman chases down robbery suspect 2012-01-28T04:34:00Z I don't mean the 19th-century definition when a geek was "a carnival performer whose act involved biting the heads off helpless creatures". The awkward years 2011-08-12T22:01:37Z Oliver explained the operation of the cocoa industry which, like many lucrative businesses, involves major companies taking advantage of its helpless workers in order to make huge sums of profit. Happy Halloween? John Oliver spotlights the horrors of the chocolate industry 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z Mild-mannered Needy must save her helpless boyfriend from Jennifer — and by the end Needy hunts down and kills the band that started it all. What Megan Fox Taught Me About the Power of Subversive Girls 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z First tested in Mexico City, the ploy offers brilliant appeal for frustrated commuters who find themselves stuck “hangry” and helpless on gridlocked roads. Burger King tests delivery in terrible traffic jams 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z But the film’s vision of a life of immeasurable joy and passion — one lived solely for love, without limits or qualifications — is beautiful and, for this critic and helpless romantic, powerfully intoxicating. ‘Waiting for Bojangles’ Review: Endless Love 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z Irish Catholics flee the church Topics: , , Ireland, Irish, , The Pope, Sex abuse, BELFAST, Northern Ireland — Malachi O’Doherty says his nieces and nephews are helpless at funerals. Irish Catholics flee the church 2013-03-26T23:09:00Z Snow Queen then casts the spell over a helpless Anna, then gives her the urn. 'Once Upon a Time': A Snow Queen triumphant and Anna's fate revealed 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z “I feel helpless, so far away” from the turmoil in her motherland. Review | Yet again, Thamee reinvents itself. The constant is the chef’s soulful cooking. 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z Whirling dancers are suddenly rendered helpless and are transformed into a conga line of catastrophe before being isolated by the authorities in a hospital where they create their own rules. Edinburgh festival: day one at the fringe 2012-08-06T15:42:24Z Plus, it appeared to offer the heady power to help people with whom, hitherto, we’d been rather helpless. A Reckoning With an Imperfect Science in ‘Blue Dreams’ 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z But one caustic line from her, after Margaret expresses sympathy for the helpless young women bobbing for attention in the Sands pool, does the job: “Those girls don’t need some housewife to protect them.” Jake Tapper’s Hero Is Embedded With the Rat Pack, Hoping to Catch a Rat 2021-05-08T04:00:00Z When he asked if he could put his surgery off six weeks to play in a lacrosse tournament and doctors told him no, he felt helpless. I Do. Take 2. 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z But does Murphy successfully reconceptualize the sophisticated, resilient Diana as a helpless, addled victim? Australian Ballet's 'Swan Lake' a royal disconnect 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z You’re rendered helpless as you sit through a series of fruitless internship interviews, which generally conclude with a notice that you won’t be hired: “You failed the interview,” the game explains coldly. A Smartphone Game That Captures the Futility of “Work-Life Balance” 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z The helpless live crudely within the harsh and beautiful scenery of early 20th-century Spain. Sketches of Spain by Federico García Lorca – review 2013-04-28T11:00:03Z “You’ll slip into a helpless state if you start thinking, “Look at that person. How we can overcome our covid conditioning and start traveling again 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z From the beginning, he wanted to rid his art of falseness and redundancy, so that what remained was not a deliberate but a “helpless statement.” Review | Seeing Jasper Johns: A seminal artist’s career is celebrated and illuminated in two cities 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z The actor puts out his hands in a helpless gesture: it is what it is, “the double consciousness that black people carry with them”. Mahershala Ali: ‘I had to protect myself from people’s fear of me’ 2019-01-12T05:00:00Z Because they’re largely helpless against the far more ruthless predators who are reading this. ‘Jaws’ Is Fiction. This Show Presents Sharks as Embattled Heroes. 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z Somehow I could keep kids, pets, home and my job, but here I was helpless. What he said before he died 2013-01-29T01:00:00Z Jr. and Jesse -- two sons forced to care for helpless father figures, and to grow up as a result. Tony Soprano, Al Swearengen, Vic Mackey, Gus Fring 2011-09-19T14:20:00Z She is utterly adrift and helpless, even though this incredible young actress, who looks like she really could be Moore’s daughter, plays her as heartbreakingly self-sufficient. What Maisie Knew: The Parents From Hell 2013-05-03T03:30:56Z Their incompetence leaves them stranded along a remote stretch of highway; the incompetence of the movie around them, however, has the unfortunate effect of leaving the audience even more helpless than the film’s protagonists. ‘Villains’ Review: Blundering Robbers Meet Their Match 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z What a sucker punch for a guy who was a strong, tough Marine and now has to be treated like a helpless baby. The story of my new arms: An organ donor's gift helped me recover from war injuries 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z “When that helpless man wanted to escape death, the police did not release him and caused his death,” he said. Afghan artists paint mural on blast wall in tribute to George Floyd 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z Being trapped in a small space, helpless to escape or communicate with anyone, is a stressor. What was Seamus thinking? 2012-11-05T15:00:00Z Ruffalo is dependably good throughout, delineating Dominick’s anger and weariness while making him more than just an avatar for them, and, without much help from the script, getting across Thomas’s helpless pain. Review: Mark Ruffalo, Times Two, in the Saddest Story Ever Told 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z |
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