| 单词 | impotently |
| 例句 | I had tossed off my covers while I was asleep, and the Dancing Fan lay facedown, its blades pushing air impotently at the floor. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The boss slashed impotently at newspapers, printed blurry slips and pasted items askew. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z For ten years or more, both of her daughters had often, if impotently, conspired to throw out this veteran kimono. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z So they're better than the nine magazines strapped to their chest as they kind of stand impotently in front of the building with enough ammunition to take on whatever. Henry Rollins calls U.S. men "the dumbest creatures" & Trump "wrongest possible" leader for pandemic 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z “There are nights where I find myself impotently shouting into the abyss,” Stewart conceded, “which, if you think about it, wasn’t that different from what I did on a nightly basis.” The Daily Show reunion: Stephen Colbert plays second fiddle to Jon Stewart 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z The river of melody, blocked in the previous poem, strains impotently to flow again. Poem of the week: Schubertiad by Fiona Sampson 2010-08-02T10:49:00Z Six weeks pass and after the first ever inauguration held behind closed doors, Brett O’Keeffe rails impotently against the new president. Homeland season six finale recap – America First 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z These ordinary sounds leave me impotently furious and unable to concentrate. Please be quiet: my search for a noise-free life 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z In solidarity, and somewhat impotently, I wrote on their wall that day: "We don't need no thought control." Tear down this Israeli wall 2011-03-11T21:30:03Z In 1974, the most popular TV show in America was a comedy that put a racist, sexist homophobe center stage, then let him rant, impotently, against the churning social change all around him. Why Did Los Angeles Become a Cultural Mecca in the Early 1970s? 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z Moving through the surreal landscape of upside-down chairs and luggage racks, tattered upholstery, grit, loose strands of emergency lights shining impotently in the darkness. Train wreck: Healing for two and parenting with PTSD 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z In “Little Woods,” men cling to the edges, sometimes viciously and impotently, yet without overwhelming the movie. ‘Little Woods’ Review: Life Is Thicker Than Blood 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z Honestly, I’m grateful not to have time to reread Austen because I know what I’d actually be using it for: ruminating impotently on the horrors in the news. No spare time in lockdown? That's not such a bad thing 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z The day of, however, he was seen on video impotently offering to help Capitol police to tell rioters to back down. Republican attacks on Chris Way echo the ideology of Oklahoma bomber Timothy McVeigh 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z But Republicans genuinely seem to think waving a gun around impotently at the sky while in a panic over a balloon somehow shows they are tough guys and Biden is not. GOP clowns itself over Chinese spy balloon 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z It's amusing, of course, to watch Lake flail about impotently. Kari Lake goes out with a whimper: She couldn't galvanize Trump's Jan. 6 army 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z But if coronavirus vaccines for my children mean the difference between nursing them through mild cold symptoms and impotently rocking a sobbing baby at midnight, I’ll take the shot every time. Opinion | I got my young kids covid vaccines. I hope more parents do the same. 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z And it is heartbreaking and frustrating to see city leaders just standing by helplessly and impotently while their constituents are plagued by endless challenges. Chinatown ID’s struggles: ‘Heartbreaking’ 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z In fact, its implications are far broader: The justices will determine whether states can infringe constitutional rights while courts watch impotently. Opinion | The Texas case is not just about abortion. All sorts of rights are at stake. 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z Republicans genuinely seem to think waving a gun around impotently at the sky while in a panic over a balloon somehow shows they are tough guys. GOP clowns itself over Chinese spy balloon 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z But rather than fume impotently, they’d do better to take an honest look at themselves to find the reasons. Adieu to the concept of a ‘West’ that stands together 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z Groundskeepers jog impotently alongside the animal, which jumps up onto the wall again, then propels itself into the air in great vertical leaps. What Can We Learn From a Cat Charging Into a Baseball Game? 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z Those who believe in "liberal democracy" are left to impotently scream about "truth" and "principles" while being rolled over and crushed by fascists and other authoritarians. Do we even want the truth? The Capitol riot is fading into the memory hole 2021-04-30T04:00:00Z Preening and impotently bullying while the nation reels. Opinion | A spiraling nation cries out for steady leadership. Trump offers empty threats. 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z Shielding himself from harm, he-man Putin looks on impotently as Russia’s coronavirus caseload spirals upwards and the global oil price, key source of Kremlin cash, goes the other way. From Trump to Erdoğan, men who behave badly make the worst leaders in a pandemic 2020-04-26T04:00:00Z Congressional Democrats would look ridiculous and impotently spiteful. Opinion | Impeachment begins. What happens next? 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z And Canada’s privacy commissioner was left to sputter impotently when he rebuked the company for violating the privacy of 620,000 Canadian users and it brushed him off. Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z For some religious groups, it’s important for “morality” just to have the law in place, impotently glaring at us all. Adultery and fornication: Why are states rushing to get these outdated laws off the books? 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z Juxtaposed with a maimed nude statue on a bleak piazza, they sprawl impotently. Bananas in art: a short history of the salacious, disturbing and censored fruit 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z Last Thursday the UN security council flapped impotently over Trump’s Golan demarche. In a destructive decade, why has no one tried to rein in Netanyahu? 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z “American Dharma,” Morris’s alternately panicky and pretentious film about Bannon, was easily one of the most disappointing movies of the 2018 festival circuit, right up there with the similarly toothless, impotently outraged “Vice.” Review | This new documentary entertainingly demystifies former Trump adviser Steve Bannon 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z If we simply rant impotently at corporations, little will be done to help. Opinion | Food companies aren’t to blame for obesity 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z An umbrella that could easily belong to the prime minister Neville Chamberlain hangs impotently in the ether, fading away – as colourless as the bleak landscape with which Dalí holds a mirror to his age. Dali's enigma, Picasso's protest: the most important artworks of the 1930s 2017-03-04T05:00:00Z The only thing worse than having to endure this treatment was watching, impotently, as it was repeated against other human beings. I was in Guantánamo. Donald Trump can take it from me that torture doesn’t work | Moazzam Begg 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z In Britain, meanwhile, as Johnson splutters impotently and contradicts himself over no-fly zones, the Labour party claims against all known facts that there is some kind of equivalence between Russian and US actions in Syria. Aleppo, Ukraine, cyber attacks, Baltic threats: what should we do about Putin? 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z Tom Warren meanwhile, a British man living in Britain, is not amused. "%$##$%@$!!#," he says while impotently shaking his meat pie at the kids on his lawn. Poll: Are new iMessage stickers useful or annoying as hell? 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z Trey Gowdy probably impotently hurled a tub of styling wax at his television and wept one manly tear, but everyone else laughed, whether out of relief or not. Hillary Clinton won the Democratic debate, simply by saying 'no' | Jeb Lund 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z He dreams constantly and impotently of revenge against his social superiors. How to think about Islamic State 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z Ms. Nemcova, her pelvis shattered, held fast to a tree for hours until she was rescued, listening impotently to the cries of children, she has said, which later motivated her to found her child-centric charity. An Award for Bill Clinton Came With $500,000 for His Foundation 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z Six months later, the first mass grave, containing 26 bodies, was found in the same camp that he had been impotently watching. Sold for ransom: on the trail of Thailand's human traffickers - BBC News 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z For a woman to take the lead in challenging it, and for a man to support her efforts, is far too depressing a reminder of the kind of progressive change they impotently rail against. The 'Man-O-Sphere' is outraged about Mad Max? Hand me my popcorn! | Jason Wilson 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z Leonard’s insistence on rest and rich food continued throughout her life: shortly before her suicide in 1941 Virginia rages impotently in a letter to her doctor about “the cream, the cheese, the milk”. The Joyful, Gossipy and Absurd Private Life of Virginia Woolf 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z Or watch him when he whines for fouls while his remaining "teammates" run down on defense, or watch impotently as he hoists another 30-foot brick. Letters: Dodgers' chain of command might fence them in 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, I'm still impotently out in the fields – and, trudging across them, I'll often come across the animal's contemporary incarnation: an empty Red Bull can. Will Self: my energy-drink addiction 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z Singh watched impotently as reforms stuttered to a halt, growth slowed and corruption gnawed at the nation’s heart. India’s great hope The chaos they unleashed, in part, prompted a backlash led by mainly Christian militias that has driven tens of thousands of Muslims out of the country—as French and African peacekeeping forces look on impotently. German Ex-Rapper Fighting in Syria Calls for Jihad in Central African Republic 2014-03-21T20:11:14Z They've been nice because the FA has good intentions and is also limited by circumstance to scuttling about on the periphery, like a mother in law at Christmas fussicking impotently over the sprouts. What exactly does the FA intend to coach at its £105m Snazzadrome? 2012-10-12T14:51:06Z Citizens are impotently angry but business as usual prevails. The Barclays ethos infects our culture. Purge the entire board 2012-07-05T19:30:01Z Hart was left rolling impotently on the turf like an upended tortoise. The Joy of Six: how we'll remember Euro 2012 2012-07-01T22:01:02Z As Turkey celebrated wildly, an irate Bilic was spotted wagging his finger impotently in the face of the assistant referee. The Joy of Six: great European Championship goals 2012-06-15T09:03:42Z The other day, as the eurozone crisis bubbled impotently away, I was forced to confront the finer points of the Brussels directive on septic tanks. David Owen's EU remedy? Yes, a referendum 2012-06-07T11:49:39Z Swifter and more turbulent, the rushing flood began to break in more furious foam-wreaths on every jagged rock, impotently striving to stay its onward rush to the limitless ocean. Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound 2012-04-03T02:00:30.677Z He burned miserably, impotently, poor weakling, to be revenged. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z But as an interpreter of great literature, the needle revolves impotently upon its waxen cylinder. The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z He was shaking his only available fist impotently at the high heavens when she stepped timidly out from under the curtained porch of the tent. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z They are not old enough to know how to come back, and can only nurse the smart and writhe impotently. The Camp Fire Girls' Larks and Pranks or, The House of the Open Door 2012-02-21T03:00:19.740Z She had a mad impulse to slam it in the monster's face and brace herself, however impotently, against it. Hoof and Claw 2012-01-28T03:00:27.507Z And that inverted Bowl we call The Sky, Whereunder crawling coop't we live and die, Lift not thy hands to It for help—for It Rolls impotently on as Thou or I. LIII. The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z He pitched forward, gaining his feet, and reeled toward the door, which he shook impotently. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z D'Entrangues came before me, wearing a smile of triumph, and I strove impotently to reach. The Honour of Savelli A Romance 2011-12-10T03:00:15.560Z When they had arrived at their destination Meeker suddenly realized what he was to be used for and stormed impotently against it. Hopalong Cassidy 2011-12-08T03:00:21.663Z The hands and feet strained impotently against the fettering cords. The Gray Phantom 2011-11-04T02:00:21.427Z One had just to pretend it was chained there, and strained impotently to get at little boys. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z He stood virtually alone after the exposition had run a few months, protesting impotently against a new state of things, every development of which seemed to cry the lie to his objections. The Rise of Cotton Mills in the South 2011-10-19T02:00:21.010Z The political changes that swept the Arab world this year have crashed impotently against a seawall of state power in China. For Chinese Nobelist's Wife, the Peace Prize Means Silence 2011-10-07T00:05:30Z She felt a deep pity and a sisterly affection for this poor, old woman, Bertha, who now lay feebly and impotently in her arms, begging ... for what? The Later Life 2011-10-02T02:00:13.037Z The servant, a look of mute pleading in his bulging eyes, was tugging impotently at the ropes around his ankles and wrists. The Gray Phantom 2011-11-04T02:00:21.427Z And he kissed the sandal and groaned and stretched himself out impotently and clenched his fists and lay like that, staring before him without moving. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z There is one scene in which Wrayburn chaffs the schoolmaster with easy insolence, while the latter writhes impotently under his well-bred sarcasm. Views and Reviews 2011-09-16T02:00:21.197Z He ground his teeth impotently—these tortoises were everywhere.... Wang the Ninth The Story of a Chinese Boy 2011-09-12T02:00:25.620Z And, impotently, he cried once more, like a man in a fever: “Constance!” The Later Life 2011-10-02T02:00:13.037Z Taylor reddened and gritted his teeth impotently; for he knew that if the two men had told her anything, they would have informed her, merely, that they had again caught him listening to them. The Ranchman 2011-08-27T02:00:21.017Z His gray goatee wagged savagely as he lay there impotently clenching his fists, alternating this performance by vigorously rubbing his elbows. The Boy Aviators' Flight for a Fortune 2011-08-27T02:00:19.473Z The sun shone impotently upon the great drifts which filled the streets; it seemed curiously remote, and ashamed of its failure to impress the white, dazzling masses. The Main Chance 2011-08-26T02:00:27.127Z They sleep undisturbedly and impotently upon the paper on which they were written, and the savage instincts of the population reign supreme. The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind 2011-08-19T02:00:11.867Z He went to his residence in a state of grievous interior conflict, impotently drawn from one resolve to another. The Chief Justice A Novel 2011-07-27T02:00:28.873Z He threw out his hands impotently as Taylor reached him, as though to protest physically. The Ranchman 2011-08-27T02:00:21.017Z There were moments when she could have flung herself upon the angular figure she knew and felt to be standing behind her, and impotently torn at his hated flesh. The Men Who Wrought 2011-07-26T02:00:16.320Z He shook his cane impotently at the overcast skies. Molly Brown's Junior Days 2011-07-14T02:00:11.180Z “That is why trillions of dollars of corporate cash rest impotently on balance sheets awaiting global-non-U.S.-investment opportunities.” Government Should Do More to Foster Job Growth, Gross Says 2011-06-21T13:55:59Z Then the strong, tense form collapsed and sank impotently to earth. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z He had, in an instant of impulsive rage, fired his mine prematurely, and, as he feared, impotently. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z They know all this, and are childishly, impotently furious. The Men Who Wrought 2011-07-26T02:00:16.320Z In the jumble of musket fire and lanterns he could tell that the Jamestown breastwork had been circled and seized: its gunners overwhelmed, its cannon still directed impotently out toward the dark sea. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z He cursed furiously, impotently every form of life that came within the range of his distorted vision. The Way of the Strong 2011-04-07T02:00:21.387Z "You fiend!" she screamed, glaring impotently upon him. At Large 2011-03-27T02:00:14.907Z He turns away, purple faced and sir george chokes impotently. abud and mr. prestige come out talking. Three Plays by Granville-Barker The Marrying of Ann Leete; The Voysey Inheritance; Waste 2011-03-22T02:00:23.063Z We could but stand there and gaze impotently upon that prison which had defied the centuries. The Great White Army 2011-03-12T03:00:25.450Z The EU watched impotently as the worst atrocities in Europe since World War II were committed. Southern front 2011-03-10T00:05:41Z Her stern was high out of water, the red ensign of England flapping impotently on the ensign staff. The Diary of a U-boat Commander With an Introduction and Explanatory Notes by Etienne 2011-01-30T03:00:19.213Z And most impotently thou strivest with thy purifying cold baths, and thy diligent scrubbings with flesh-brushes, to prepare it as a meet offering for their altar. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z And he continued to brood impotently over his murky thoughts. The Hidden Force A Story of Modern Java 2010-12-24T03:00:34.823Z Masters rave impotently at his brusquerie and absolutism; but A says secretly to himself: "Well, it's a treat to see the way the old man keeps B and C up to the collar." The Lighter Side of School Life 2010-12-24T03:00:31.150Z But it is impossible to verbalise this in Engish so I just stand there, gaping impotently, by which point the toe attacker has taken the last box of Cheerios. An oil-stained BP uniform is the Halloween outfit for 2010 2010-10-13T07:59:00Z "Mad Men" often ends with its lead character, Don Draper, stranded impotently in the gloomy, underlit front hallway of his suburban home. Series box sets on DVD change the way we watch television shows 2009-12-13T05:00:00Z For a government impotently seeking to steer both sides towards a deal during an election campaign it is a hiding to nothing. Strike undermines Labour poll hopes 2010-03-20T07:05:00Z Retired to his suburban Maryland home, the onetime civilian administrator of Iraq had to watch impotently while the conventional wisdom about his tenure hardened against him year after year. Reassessing Paul Bremer's Stewardship of Iraq 2010-03-19T19:39:00Z Delaney puffed across the rugs and tried to speak as the detective leaned and studied the chalk-pale face below shielding cuffed hands which were raised impotently. Whispering Wires "It'll always, always be like that!" he cried, raging impotently, almost to the point of tears. Small Souls Finding no egress there, he was back at the lamp again, whirling in dizzy circles until at last, worn out, he dropped to the table, where he lay on his back, kicking impotently. The Window at the White Cat The Landrath's protesting hands waved impotently above the seething heads, like limp towels; the gentle flutelike tones in which he declared the ringleaders of the disturbance should be turned out and bludgeoned were totally ignored. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers It is my destiny to be followed, pursued, haunted by loveliness impotently seeking to express itself to me, while I, fearing it, dare only to express my fear with brush and pencil!... The Moonlit Way It was her world—her world in miniature—that swayed towards her, while she impotently waited its approach! The Gambler A Novel And Roy, shivering and chattering, stood there in a scant three feet of icy water and impotently shook his fist in the darkness! The Crimson Sweater It was an entirely successful raid, destructive of property and life; for the German flyers in their powerful Gothas had caught Paris napping, impotently unprepared. The Book of Susan A Novel The heap against the wall struggled impotently to rise. The Gray Mask To offset the hours of delightful companionship with his friendly master are the weary times when he must tug impotently at the chain which keeps him within the castle enclosure. Landseer A collection of fifteen pictures and a portrait of the painter with introduction and interpretation Passion, blind Passion! impotently pours Tears, that deserve more tears; while Reason sleeps; Or gazes like an idiot, unconcern’d; Nor comprehends the meaning of the storm; Knows not it speaks to her, and her alone. Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes Above him, the giant was thrashing impotently, and he found his neck free of the awful grip. Astounding Stories, August, 1931 Clutching wildly and impotently at his aggressor, Hughes felt his strength failing. The Ruined Cities of Zululand Neither did he like attending the agonies of child-birth, or standing impotently at the bed of the dying. Fidelity A Novel A bird in the wrong cage, impotently beating its breast against the bars—Sheila was like enough to such an one in that furious, unconsciously helpless hour. The Torch Bearer He was too tired to make his reasoning plain; his tongue was thick, and Crowley's brain too calloused to grasp argument, therefore he squatted beside the muttering creature and wept impotently. The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure And with hideous blasphemies trickling from his thick lips, he again shook his fist impotently at the derisively smiling face of the moon and slunk away to the horse tied in the shadows behind him. The Song of the Wolf But unto War's necessity we bare Our piteous breasts—and impotently die. Song-Surf I could not have endured to look impotently upon the terrible struggle of blooming youth down-stricken, the fearful anguish of the heavenly creature. Henry of Ofterdingen: A Romance. He saw mounted officers and parading soldiers, and groups of firemen standing impotently by their hose and engines. Ancestors A Novel A tangle of arms and legs rolled out of a rum shop and fought impotently in the dust of the street, and sotted faces grinned down at them from the crowded door. Bring Me His Ears Having gutted the Nineteenth Century, his mind seemed to be impotently raging for fresh matter to destroy. The Return of the Prodigal The first was uppermost, her teeth locked in her adversary’s face, shaking her like a dog; the other impotently fought and scratched. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) "I wish," he sighed impotently, "that you were an American girl." Trusia A Princess of Krovitch He looked down at the white folds of the sheet that draped him, and clenched his hands impotently. Astounding Stories, July, 1931 The two shadowy figures were like one now, but the girl's arms were free, pushing the boy away, striking at him impotently. The Wishing Moon He shook his clenched fists impotently above his head. The Bandbox “Let me go,” he shouted, as he tugged impotently at the reins. The Boy Scout and Other Stories for Boys Encouraged by his own words, he tore the medal from its resting place, while Carrick groaned impotently. Trusia A Princess of Krovitch Might not the violently expanding gases fly forth from an exhaust vent to expand instantly, frictionlessly and impotently to the ends of the universe? Astounding Stories, July, 1931 So uncanny and so heartbroken was that cry, as might be the howl of a lost soul raging impotently, that it seemed to stop the course of the very blood in her veins. The Fate of Felix Brand The wolf-dingo's claws tore impotently at space, and his body squirmed almost into a ball. Finn The Wolfhound It was, however, less sure than usual; an oar missed its hold and skittered impotently over the water, drenching Woolfolk with a brief, cold spray. Wild Oranges His arm, raised to fell the eavesdropper, sank impotently to his side: he gasped and stared. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 29, May 1893 An Illustrated Monthly And with a realization of his helplessness he again flung himself impotently upon the saddle-cloth. In Desert and Wilderness Why stand persistently with our faces westward, and gaze at the declining light, crying out impotently and hopelessly as we see it grow dim and vanish? Men, Women, and Gods And Other Lectures The great Wolfhound stood erect on his hind-feet, snapping at the air with foaming jaws, and tearing impotently at the iron-sheathed partition with his powerful claws. Finn The Wolfhound He, Keith Wells, standing impotently by while his ship, the pride of the service, was hauled inch by inch to some strange doom! Astounding Stories, February, 1931 He longed impotently for the power to rob the man of the possibility of winning that which was dearest to him. The Law-Breakers He would lie very quietly for a long while, and then a paroxysm of fury would possess him, and he would shake his fist impotently in the air. Changing Winds A Novel Out of these heaps wounded and dying men would stagger to their feet to shake their fists impotently at their murderers. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 It was as though already everything had been said, as perhaps in the silent temples of their being, everything, accusations, recriminations, all the futilities of speech had been uttered, impotently, a moment since. The Paliser case In seconds five men were clutched in its awful grip, their fists rising and falling impotently as the hideous arms constricted and crushed them inward. Astounding Stories, February, 1931 The Marquis groaned and impotently moved an arm as though to raise himself. Is He Popenjoy? He felt his own inadequacy, his own feebleness to cope with the problem before him, and so he sat brooding impotently. The Twins of Suffering Creek Her Scotch blood chilled at the threat of such wanton destruction of property and money, but it was not that which made her afraid at that moment of Tom Lorrigan,––held her silent, glaring impotently. Rim o' the World He raised his right arm, and the empty sleeve fell back from the stump, which burned and throbbed impotently. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 20, August 1877 I cannot think or dream: the grey Unending waste of sea and night, Dull, impotently infinite, Blots out the very hope of day. Silhouettes He knew that disaster was in the air as surely as if it had all happened, and there was nothing left for him but to gaze impotently upon the ruin. The Night Riders A Romance of Early Montana For some moments Wild Bill stood raging impotently. The Twins of Suffering Creek Back!” they panted, squirming impotently as they gasped for breath. A Breath of Prairie and other stories Another such, another and another, and then he went capering off frivolously down the woody aisles, while the bear lumbered impotently after him. The Backwoodsmen Master Simeon, with face leaner than ever and inturning eyes, glared impotently at the chief actors in this historic scene. Robin Hood And while he wriggled there impotently, under the squirming myriads of the fish, he was lifted out into the air and dragged into the boat. Kings in Exile This done, she knew herself impotently helpless to do more. The Dop Doctor To do so is to strike at the very foundation of human nature,––but impotently,––for 185 in fundamentals, human nature is good.” A Breath of Prairie and other stories Sluggishly, reluctantly, impotently, the spruce logs followed one another round and round the circuit of the great stone pot. The Backwoodsmen The two angry gentlemen plunged and struggled impotently to free themselves from their guardians and hurl themselves at each other’s throats. The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel The horses, all eagerness to be off, tossed impatient heads, straining impotently at the tightened rein. Captain Desmond, V.C. The thing had been done so often that superlatives had lost their value, and it had come to pass that the strongest language sounded impotently in the palled ears of the public. The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson By One of the Firm “I heard you were back,” he continued impotently. Mountain Blood A Novel Without lifting his head he lay and cursed, grinding his teeth impotently. The Backwoodsmen Alan felt the suave irony that covered this man’s amusement, and he resented it impotently. Brand Blotters A rook, blown impotently backwards, essayed slowly to cross towards the western trees. The Fifth Queen Crowned "Sit in my chair," he insisted, and snapped his fingers at Marculescu, who fumed impotently behind the cashier's desk. Elkan Lubliner, American Almost always that relief failed to materialize, and Buck, unable to leave the herd, reeling with fatigue and cursing impotently, had to keep at it till daybreak. Shoe-Bar Stratton With a yell of warning, which he hoped would reach Roddy, and pulling impotently at his handcuffs, he dashed into the house, the soldiers racing at his heels. The White Mice As long as we impotently creep about at the foot of these mighty mountains and gaze on their summits without attempting to ascend them, we entertain towards them a too excessive feeling of awe. The Heart of Nature or, The Quest for Natural Beauty I was fiercely, but quite impotently, eager at such times to demonstrate the futility of all the philosophy ranged on the rough wooden shelves in my gloomy sitting-room. The Wonder In all likelihood, had his time come as nigh as that of Crasweller, he too, like Crasweller, would impotently implore the grace of another year. The Fixed Period She rattled it, impotently, and then left it and ran across the street to where the window-washer stood. 'Firebrand' Trevison With anguished eyes he peered into the future, and wrung his hands impotently. Where the Souls of Men are Calling Breathing became, in many cases, long and heavy; some stumbled blindly forward with heads strained down, and others impotently cursed at the Higher Command for not calling a halt. Norman Ten Hundred A Record of the 1st (Service) Bn. Royal Guernsey Light Infantry "I am quite sure that if he knew——" "My orders are that he is not to be disturbed," was the politely firm answer while the boy raged and fumed impotently. The Windy Hill He could see Powder River, far downstream, still fighting impotently against the pressure of the current. The Fighting Edge We remained silent for some time, listening to the low irregular breathing of the creature on the bed and watching the rustle of the bed-clothes as it impotently struggled to free itself from confinement. A Stable for Nightmares or Weird Tales He struggled impotently, tears of rage coursing down his cheeks. The Huntress Aristide turned one ear politely to Mrs. Errington’s discourse, the other ragingly and impotently to the whispered conversation between the detached pair. The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol Those who had flourished under the old system retired to their holes, impotently cursing the new regime. Grey Town An Australian Story She felt out of it at Lapton, hovering impotently on the edge of the magic circle that their passion had created. The Tragic Bride It was his system to overrun an invaded country, skilfully avoiding actual combat with the defending army, which pursued him impotently along the ghastly trail of ravage. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg He lay in water impotently grinding his teeth. The Huntress The mink's teeth, those vindictive teeth that had killed and killed for the mere joy of killing, now gnashed impotently. The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life Hence it has arisen, that the appetites deriving new strength, and the powers of reason and conscience being weakened, the latter have feebly and impotently pleaded against those forbidden indulgences which the former have solicited. A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, in the Middle and Higher Classes in this Country, Contrasted with Real Christianity. At the hour of Tabs' arrival, he was flinging up his hands and spluttering impotently, an inexpert swimmer in the waters of adversity. The Kingdom Round the Corner A Novel She put up her hand to the velvet ribbon which she wore round her neck, and her fingers pulled awkwardly, impatiently, impotently at it. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg There was no doubt of the fact, and the king raged impotently against his own foolish mercy in giving them a free pardon. Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race As a child I impotently rebelled against the authority of parents and teachers. A Dominie in Doubt A moment later she could see that they were balanced on the edge of a culvert; to her right was the darkness; up ahead, the lights were glaring impotently off into space. Stubble The skin blistered on his hands, and for a long, horrible instant he groped impotently. The Snowshoe Trail I felt as one who, being dead, impotently desires to return to the world and touch the hands of the living. The Blue Wall A Story of Strangeness and Struggle Yet the chagrin of having at once so violently and so impotently belittled himself added one sting more to his fate. Bonaventure A Prose Pastoral of Acadian Louisiana The next instant he was struggling impotently in a grip that throttled him. No Man's Land He fell back a pace beating the air impotently and whining. Men of Affairs From end to end in a great arc the aurora lit the world, and left the stars blazing impotently. The Heart of Unaga If Bute was impotently furious to find himself discarded and despised by his intended tool, the King was still more exasperated to find that the King's servant proposed to be the King's master. A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III He signed for the container, and carried it out to the car, still seething impotently over the guard's insolence. Warning from the Stars And that inverted Bowl we call The Sky, Whereunder crawling coop’t we live and die, Lift not thy hands to It for help—for It Rolls impotently on as Thou or I. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám and Salámán and Absál Together With A Life Of Edward Fitzgerald And An Essay On Persian Poetry By Ralph Waldo Emerson Every rumor of defeat—and they were many—was her arraignment; impotently she cowered at God's knees, knowing herself a murderess, whose infamy was still afoot, outpacing her prayers, whose victims were battalions. Chivalry Frémont's army, darkening the heights upon the further side of that river of burned bridges, looked impotently on. The Long Roll They poled the raft in close, then one of them saw those three strange things writhing impotently on the sand. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance Then, all at once, he was up and at Ivan, lurching forward upon him, clutching, impotently, at his throat, breathing gutturally, while he uttered inarticulate syllables in the tongue of a serf. The Genius Old Parlay groaned, moved one arm impotently, and opened his eyes. A Son Of The Sun And I, too, long for this same happiness, impotently now, and much as a fevered man might long for water. Chivalry Behind them McIvor was hallooing to his scattered followers at the top of his lungs and cursing impotently between hollers as he poked about at the edge of the clearing. Every Man for Himself Ben strode through the shop and out to the living-room, Mrs. Whipp following impotently, talking in a high, angry voice. In Apple-Blossom Time A Fairy-Tale to Date The only officer still standing lifted his sword and shook it impotently at the Yarmouth in reply; the rest did not stir. For Love of Country A Story of Land and Sea in the Days of the Revolution I wonder if any one ever felt as I did,—I wonder if any worm of the dust ever writhed so impotently under the foot of Almighty God! Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author His arrows sank in feebly, impotently, as if her attention had the despairing resistance of a sandbag. Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life Only two were left facing him now and they fell back before this terrible antagonist, swearing impotently. Every Man for Himself He groaned impotently; he shook his bony old fist at the stars in the firmament. The Lady Paramount It stunned the intelligence; it shrivelled the organs of speech like a dried kernel rattling impotently in an old nutshell. The Heather-Moon He, too, was voyaging towards some melancholy autumnal maturity, some sorrowful denudation of youth, that left him pitiful to her impotently aching heart. Phantom Wires A Novel "And the rabbits—" "And a monkey carried off Gwendolen's gloves—" "Children," exclaimed Mrs. Hilary impotently, looking from one to the other, "where have you been?" The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VII. (of X.) But apparently the bullet had missed a vital spot, for the beast struggled to its feet, dragging itself toward Calumet, its fangs slashing impotently. The Boss of the Lazy Y So we could but impotently watch the subtle and inexorable approach of the skilled men who would eventually reach our walls, drive mines beneath them, and blow us to perdition. Tales of Destiny Dexter Allison had left brilliant men of cross-examination panting impotently at the barrenness of their efforts; he had known it and enjoyed it to the full. Then I'll Come Back to You "Why didn't I speak that night?" he said impotently. The Four Feathers The light wind impotently came, and vainly went. Prisoners Fast Bound In Misery And Iron Blake raged at that, impotently, pathetically, like an old lion with its teeth drawn. Never-Fail Blake Nathaniel, defied and helpless, stood by the barn door and impotently fumed as the canoe rounded Lone Tree Island and was lost to his infuriated sight. The Place Beyond the Winds Trains swept across the land loaded with men who gazed wistfully at the peaceful towns as they passed through, or chafed impotently when, imprisoned in day coaches, they were side-tracked outside of great cities. The Tin Soldier Curiously enough ill-fortune with drastic severity had done for him what he had impotently wished to do for himself. Great Possessions Above it, over it, round it, like desire impotently defying death, a flood of red roses clambered and clung. Prisoners Fast Bound In Misery And Iron Here was masculine firmness against which Mary might rage impotently. Contrary Mary By a magic that the divine only controls, poor Theodora Glenn in that moment was transformed and radiantly crowned with the motherhood she had so impotently striven to achieve in her narrowed, blighted life. The Place Beyond the Winds He shook the knob with some impatience, and stamped his foot impotently when no one answered. The Tin Soldier Blair looked impotently about the room, but his former companions had returned to their game. Ben Blair The Story of a Plainsman You miserable wretch!" exclaimed Pocahontas, hurling her empty basket impotently at the dusky author of her woe, "I could kill you! Princess Selwyn leaned impotently against a post, and a quivering uncanny laugh broke from his lips. The Parts Men Play They are always realized, executed—sculpture in a word whose suggestiveness, quite as potent as that of feebler executants, begins only when actual representation has been triumphantly achieved instead of impotently and skilfully avoided. French Art Classic and Contemporary Painting and Sculpture William's manly spirit was by this time so far broken that he followed his new acquaintance to a neighbouring pond, growling threateningly but impotently. More William He glared at the ranchman impotently, turned away with a mumbled oath, and went back with jingling spurs to his horse. The Sheriff's Son After impotently attempting to deal with questions for which they were in no wise fitted they have resigned themselves to the inevitable, and have become mere pawns like the rest of us. Indiscreet Letters From Peking Being the Notes of an Eye-Witness, Which Set Forth in Some Detail, from Day to Day, the Real Story of the Siege and Sack of a Distressed Capital in 1900—The Year of Great Tribulation His face was as pale as hers, a pallor that was accentuated by dark hair, matted impotently over his forehead. The Parts Men Play I pulled the heavy table after me as I tried impotently to crawl toward him, sending the wheel flying and all the papers whirling through the air. Jacqueline of Golden River As a sop to those toothless old Cerberuses the bishops, who impotently exhibit still the passions of another age, we will accord the continuance of the prohibition which forbids a man to marry his grandmother. Matthew Arnold The whole heart and soul and mind of the Girl seemed to be reaching out impotently to give her lover strength, to hurry him down fast enough to forestall a shot from the Sheriff. The Girl of the Golden West He lifted her in his strong arms and brought her back, with her bright hair fluttering against his lips, and Van Alen, raging impotently, stood and watched him. The Gay Cockade Honor turned angrily to Mercy's husband, who hung about impotently. The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes His great chest heaved, and he tore impotently at his enemy's strong fingers that were shutting out air and light and consciousness. Jacqueline of Golden River He prowled around the sled demented, at times weeping and pleading with the brutes for his life there on the sled, at other times raging impotently against them. The Turtles of Tasman You who talk wildly of my generosity, whereas I only and most impotently tried to be generous, must see how both suppositions have their possibility. The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 Felt the vital force and strength of him ebb and weaken so that the lean, slender fingers that groped for MacNair's throat closed feebly and dropped limp to dangle impotently from his nerveless arms. The Gun-Brand Yaverland had a vision of a court of obscure old men all gloating impotently and imaginatively on Ellen's red and white. The Judge He turned again toward the Judge, and beat the rail before him impotently with his wasted hand. The Exiles and Other Stories His hand moved impotently, as if to reach hers, and when he found it, his fingers could not close. The Turtles of Tasman Margaret, a sanguine, energetic woman, despised her baby husband, and he, very naturally, impotently hated her. The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power He raised his clenched hands, only to drop them limply, impotently. The Grey Cloak More than once I saw him writhe in his chair, tormented, shaken, spent with futile curses, impotently lamenting his lost kingdom. Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man He did not know that three weeks before she had been nipped in the ice-pack, and sunk, and that her consort, the "Yantic," had gone impotently home, without even leaving food for the abandoned explorers. American Merchant Ships and Sailors How eagerly he then sprang to aid the escape of those against whom a law of the land impotently tried to bar the law of our common humanity! The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. There was thenceforth nothing for us poor ship-wrecked wretches to do than to gaze impotently on our heroic brethren still struggling against the storm. With Steyn and De Wet We remained silent for some time, listening to the low, irregular breathing of the creature on the bed, and watching the rustle of the bedclothes as it impotently struggled to free itself from confinement. Famous Modern Ghost Stories His face was gray; his hands hung impotently from the arms of his chair. A Hoosier Chronicle Throughout the night he heard the crisp sliding of dead leaves over the roof, the lash of the wind swung impotently about the rectangular, stone block of his dwelling. The Three Black Pennys A Novel His spirit, his pride, awoke and rebelled, raging impotently. The Keeper of the Door The historian of reason should not be a romantic poet, vibrating impotently to every impulse he finds afoot, without a criterion of excellence or a vision of perfection. The Life of Reason Yet he was powerless there in Montreal with the French troops about, and he could merely glare impotently while the three walked by ignoring his existence. The Hunters of the Hills Long ago, in the summer, he had recognized the sound, had realized the steep agony towards which the current was bearing him, and had struggled horribly, impotently, against the inevitable. Red Pottage He saw, of course, that brother Tom was a constant source of annoyance to them all, but especially to her, and his blood boiled impotently on her account. A Maid of the Silver Sea He was leaning against the town pump in front of the post-office, the sun glancing impotently off the bright badge on the lapel of his alpaca coat. The Daughter of Anderson Crow There was nothing left for him but to beg his living and impotently nourish his hate. The Redemption of David Corson All through the night he fought impotently against this giant that had burst loose from its prison two thousand feet below the surface of the earth. Gunsight Pass How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a New West The web is burst, the Spider's on his back, All impotently spluttering poisonous spleen Let's hope such monster may no more be seen. Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, April 2, 1892 These came to Doctor Levillier day by day, overtaken by sad moments, by sudden, dreary crises of the soul, that set them impotently wailing, like Job among the potsherds. Flames From the first he shows himself idly or perversely or impotently prone to loosen his hold on character and story alike before his plot can be duly carried out or his conceptions adequately developed. The Age of Shakespeare A few minutes later the Earl's chaise is a distant dark speck in a cloud of dust, at which the baffled banker impotently shakes his fist. Love Romances of the Aristocracy Billie, startled at the swiftness of his going, could only stare after him impotently. A Man Four-Square Juno, and every other god propitious to the Africans, impotently went off, leaving that land unrevenged; but soon offered the descendants of the conquerors, as sacrifices to the manes of Jugurtha. The Works of Horace At the very thought of it his swollen tongue moved impotently without words. The Divine Fire Lying there impotently, he studied her attitude as the minutes crept by, and there came at last into his heart a touch of pity that swelled with the sight of her. Nedra But all his wrath fell impotently on the new Duchess, who returned his presents and settled smilingly down to enjoy her new dignities and her honeymoon. Love Romances of the Aristocracy Miriam had taken up a stone, and with it was hammering feebly, impotently, upon the rivets in the iron band. Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts When the sun tinged all the hilltops golden yellow, he turned and shook his fist impotently at the camp far beneath him. The Happy Family And through it there came the sound of the engine throbbing impotently spasmodically, like the heart of a dying man. The Tidal Wave and Other Stories She crept a little nearer, and now she could see him, kneeling at the table, his head sunk upon it, his arms flung wide with clenched fists that seemed impotently to beat the air. Greatheart "God Almighty!" he repeated impotently, then immediately the sense of this appalling catastrophe whet the edge of his personal terror. The Rim of the Desert The Confederate Congress wrangled impotently while Grant was thundering at the gates of Richmond. The New South A Chronicle of Social and Industrial Evolution And at the base of this monstrous poltroon's statue the War God of Turania is now gibbering impotently. Back to Methuselah The jester had gone, but she imagined him lurking behind every corner, and she impotently recalled his words: "There is no way out of the magic circle." The Tidal Wave and Other Stories And yet the silly old woman felt a lack, as she impotently watched Rachel leave the kitchen. The Price of Love For a little she fought against it frantically, impotently. The Way of an Eagle And while Kelly tramped impotently about the room, he leaned his shoulders against the wall and stared into space. The Top of the World For twenty years he had plotted for the throne; he had been emperor for one hundred miserable days; and now he was watching, impotently, his dream-castles crumble beneath his feet. Camps and Trails in China A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China There is something impotently fiery about that good lady that I like. Father Payne The little mountain stream was called a river by courtesy because it was yards wider than the brooks that struggled impotently to surpass it during the rainy season. Master Tales of Mystery, Volume 3 There was something impotently fiery in him, as if the genius of Charlotte and Emily had flicked him in irony as it passed him by. The Three Brontës A moment Brown hesitated impotently; then of a sudden he came forward swiftly and extended his hand, first to one and then to the other. Where the Trail Divides She said, impotently, "I am sorry—Even at the last you contrive for me a new sorrow—" For a moment they stood looking at each other, and she remembered thereafter his sad and quizzical smiling. Figures of Earth The man who stood there, so impotently calling to her, belonged to another order of things—things which a moment ago had been important to her, and which now no longer existed. The Bent Twig I pick impotently at the cover-lid of my imagination when I try to frame language to make you understand what it was I saw when I came to Arras on that bright June day. A Minstrel in France The latter shook his fist impotently—and the incident was closed. The Wife of his Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line, and Selected Essays More than perplexed, concerned, distressed from his very inability to fathom the new mood, the man again brought the team to a walk, fumbled with the reins impotently. Where the Trail Divides Yet mark his perfect self-contentment, and hence learn his lesson, that to be self-contented is to be vile and ignorant, and that to aspire is better than to be blindly and impotently happy. Flatland: a romance of many dimensions The infuriated beast, pulled up and backwards until he stood upon his hind legs, struggled impotently in this unnatural position. Tarzan of the Apes The blind woman continued to pour out a torrent of abuse upon me, foaming at the mouth with rage, and impotently shaking her clenched fists towards me. The Purcell Papers — Volume 3 And this kind of love militates, not impotently, against the other; for self- interest is a persuasive counsellor, and gets a hearing when the blood is cool. Tracks of a Rolling Stone He cursed himself impotently and rebelliously for a senseless fool. Soldiers of Fortune The pistol went off impotently; the burglar with a choking cough sank in a heap on the floor. The Scarlet Car "I'll tell my mother on you!" he screamed impotently, and shook with rage and terror. Fanny Herself And still in the white neat bed I strive Most impotently against that gyve; Being less now than a thought, even, To you alone with your hills and heaven. The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke And that inverted Bowl we call The Sky, Whereunder crawling coop't we live and die, Lift not thy hands to IT for help—for It Rolls impotently on as Thou or I. LIII. The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Yet mark his perfect self-contentment, and hence learn this lesson, that to be self-contented is to be vile and ignorant, and that to aspire is better than to be blindly and impotently happy. Flatland: a romance of many dimensions (Illustrated) Under his breath he muttered impotently, and bit at his lower lip. The Scarlet Car Five sullen little boys stood and glared at her, impotently. Fanny Herself I felt Weymouth writhing impotently beside me; heard him mumbling incoherently; and I knew that he, too, had recognized the voice. The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu And that inverted Bowl they call the Sky, Whereunder crawling coop'd we live and die, Lift not your hands to It for help—for It As impotently moves as you or I. LXXIII. The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam It was the figure of the river developing, like floating on a deliberate all-powerful tide or struggling impotently against it. Java Head The speaker spoke quite slowly and clearly, and with a sarcastic emphasis that caused Gurdon to writhe impotently. The Mystery of the Four Fingers He kicked the instrument over and danced round it impotently. The Crimson Blind He battled impotently against fate, unable even to try to use any means in his possession to get the death sentence commuted, because he was too deeply implicated himself to make any stir. The Price of Things Madden clutched impotently at the blank iron wall, then flung an arm for one of the supporting ropes and missed. The Cruise of the Dry Dock The servant explained impotently, "I told him I would see—" "Yes?" Java Head Still rocks, rocks, rocks, against whose adamantine sides my feeble will dashed restlessly and impotently. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 30, April, 1860 A wide-open River Press, flapping impotently in the embrace of a willow, caught the eye of Banjo, a little blaze— faced bay who bore the captive. Chip, of the Flying U He stood in the stirrups and shook his fists impotently. Lonesome Land Had his conviction been unjust, and was he raging impotently against injustice? The Subterranean Brotherhood "I only know that you are hesitating at what most men would jump at," she retorted, suddenly conscious of strained nerves and feeling as if she were battering impotently against a granite rock-face. The Shadow of the East A wave, gathering to the full its mighty strength, had upreared itself for a moment majestically above its fellows,—falling, its scattered spray can only impotently sprinkle the dull, dreary shore. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 30, April, 1860 So, before it had well begun, the maternal lecture ended impotently in the wash-hand basin. Hide and Seek The willows next the spring, and the chokecherries and wild currants withered in the heat and waved charred, naked arms impotently in the wind. Lonesome Land The retreating wave revealed once more the slight girl-figure, spent and effortless this time, tossing impotently in the churning backwash. The Vision of Desire "Why, Hannah," he said impotently—"Hannah—" His vision blurred so that he couldn't see her clearly; it was as if, indistinct before him, she were already fading from his life. The Happy End I tell you, Mr. Byrd," Jensen stammered on, striking his hands together impotently, "for all its wealth, this is a city of dead hopes. The Nest Builder She shook her head, and Waite, glaring impotently at the two of them, swore sharply. Keith of the Border Wherever she turned, there he was, and she could do nothing but rage impotently. The Adventures of Sally Stunted trees bent before the wind like puny men who strained impotently to advance. The Abandoned Room "They got a Danish tanker somewhere off Nantucket," he continued impotently. The Happy End She clenched her hands, and beat them impotently upon her lap. The Bars of Iron But the little fellow, in one of his sudden spasms of pain, was striking the air impotently with small, clenched fists, frightening the children who were gathering around him, joining in his cries. A Golden Book of Venice I must either face the possibility of discovery and capture, which as surely meant torture and death, or otherwise play the coward, and remain impotently behind. Wolves of the Sea Being a Tale of the Colonies from the Manuscript of One Geoffry Carlyle, Seaman, Narrating Certain Strange Adventures Which Befell Him Aboard the Pirate Craft "Namur" For a while, I peered impotently, trying to see through the reek. The House on the Borderland To the old lady herself it suddenly seemed the very embodiment of the luxurious ease against which she was so impotently battling. Across the Years They were terrible moments for Avery that she spent outside that locked door, listening impotently to a child's piteous cries for mercy from one who knew it not. The Bars of Iron It recognises the value of that mystic insight, those indefinable intuitions which, taking up the task at the point where the mind impotently abandons it, carries us straight into the presence of the King. Judaism In short, the school rotted Seymour's about Sheen, and Seymour's raged impotently. The White Feather With a few rapid strokes they were in midstream and paddling up the river with powerful strokes while Sikaso raged impotently on the shore. The Boy Aviators in Africa Mrs Quantock, still impotently rebelling, resorted to the most dire weapon in her armoury, namely, sarcasm. Queen Lucia There will be war—red war, and we in the army of the iconoclasts growling impotently at each other will face about and have at them with hullaballo and manifesto and snickersnee in turn. Nonsenseorship It was a thing like rage she saw before her—a child's rage and impotently fierce. The Head of the House of Coombe The grim outlines of his mouth were relaxed, and his lips moved again impotently. The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers The whole street was wrapped in a crimson mist; the falling streams of water which the firemen still continued to direct on the blaze were hissing impotently, and seemed only to feed the fire. The Junior Classics — Volume 7 Stories of Courage and Heroism The only thing I could recall concerning them was an indefinite and oppressive sense of loss of some kind, at which I had vaguely and impotently protested. A Day of Fate "But, Pollyanna," she objected impotently, at last, feeling very much as if she were struggling against invisible silken cords, "I—you—this girl really isn't Jamie, at all, you know." Pollyanna Grows Up Before him the open doorway framed an oblong patch of calm gray sky, and toward it he moved, his mental hands impotently outstretched, a soundless cry welling up from the depths of himself. The Desired Woman The main street of Smith's Pocket gradually lost its civilized character, and after one or two futile attempts at improvement at its lower extremity, terminated impotently in a chaos of ditches, races, and trailings. The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers Standing before her benefactress, her fingers fumbling impotently at the neck of the night-dress, the girl still continued to stare dumbly into the calm, dark eyes before her. The Hollow of Her Hand Instead it fell impotently almost before it was lifted. Dawn "Let me go," he shouted, as he tugged impotently at the reins. Short Stories for English Courses "I wish to blazes Murrell had told those fellows to kick the life clean out of him while they were about it!" he commented savagely, and fell to cursing impotently. The Prodigal Judge The lawman had gone to his last account, his bolt impotently shot, and his enemies standing triumphantly over him. Vandrad the Viking, the Feud and the Spell Snedden—a raving maniac—had reeled forward, wildly and impotently, at the man who had exposed him. The Treasure-Train He choked and stammered and waved his hands impotently. Rainbow's End In the laboratory he buried himself in work, with microscope compasses, calipers, while I fumed impotently at the window. The War Terror Alan, helpless, stood impotently in the shadow, biting his blond mustache with helpless rage. A Rock in the Baltic Roke, rolling impotently on the earth, saw the little fellow swing Hade easily over his shoulder and start for the house. Black Caesar's Clan : a Florida Mystery Story Frank curled his lip impotently, as he tried to return the old man's withering glances. Ten Nights in a Bar Room "Yes!" he said dully, like an actor in the fourth act of a drama; and, letting his hands drop impotently, began to shake his chin, which had fallen upon his breast. Yama: the pit The two men stood impotently watching her for a moment. Angel Island Thus impotently growling, the merchant prince retired from the field, escorted with amenity by the courtier. Love Me Little, Love Me Long As he struggled impotently with the key his shoulders began to tingle, and a wave of acute irritation flooded him. In the Wilderness It said just the things about him which Browning somehow missed, and which I had always been impotently wanting to say. The Red Planet Strange, her eyes are a faded blue, girlish, even childish, but the mouth is that of an old person, with a moist lower lip of a raspberry colour, impotently hanging down. Yama: the pit You are the busy Socialist, the self- advertising atheist, who, like a yelping cur, barks impotently under the wheels of Rome! The Master-Christian He tried to violate her, and failing impotently, had her buried alive. Imperial Purple For my own part, I enjoyed the stormy days, the howling winds and the infuriated waves dashing impotently over the steamer. Simon the Jester When everything had gone he collected the keys, behind which, in various quarters of the house, three gaolers fumed impotently, and gave them to Wee Jaikie to dispose of in some secret nook. Huntingtower He was tired of suffering himself, tired of impotently watching the sufferings of his wife, and appalled at the thought of what was in store for the child. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists About eleven o'clock they were passing over the basin of Imenge, and the tribes scattered over the adjacent hills were impotently menacing the Victoria with their weapons. Five Weeks in a Balloon He foamed, he raved, he tugged at his bonds until the strong staves shook again; he writhed himself round upon the triangles and spat impotently at Burgess, who jeered at his torments. For the Term of His Natural Life Mrs. Brinkley lay awake and raged impotently against her complicity with the unhappiness of that distasteful girl and her more than distasteful mother. April Hopes The shells of the victorious British sang triumphantly over the heads of their own artillery, bursting impotently in white smoke or tearing up the veldt in fountains of dust. Notes of a War Correspondent Two wild purposeless shots—the first and last fired by the guards—were answered by the muzzle of six rifles pointed into the windows, and the passengers foolishly and impotently filed out into the road. Jeff Briggs's Love Story He beat his hands impotently upon the crust of sawdust to the left. Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp or, the Old Lumberman's Secret A recollection of the chance that he had impotently and unaccountably thrown away returned to him. The Bell-Ringer of Angel's We met several more in the course of the next few minutes, before which we all bowed down into the bottom of the boat, while the hawser scraped, grumbling impotently, overhead. Noto: an Unexplained Corner of Japan Those from their own guns pass over them with a shrill crescendo, those from the enemy burst among them at rare intervals, or sink impotently in the soft soil. Notes of a War Correspondent He paused impotently, cast an appealing glance at Malemute Kid, then laboriously placed the twenty pines, end on end, by sign language. The Son of the Wolf He was seeing all this plainly, although he found himself, he knew not why, at some distance from the scene of his discovery, his heart foolishly beating, his breath impotently hurried. A Millionaire of Rough-and-Ready There was no other way left now to enjoy his power but by seeing his crushed adversaries crawl impotently into the light of day out of the dark, noisome cells of the Collegio. Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard It was, to be sure, a flower-strewn one, but often she impotently rebelled against its very orderliness. Bucky O'Connor He dragged impotently at the left arm of the giant. The Lost House "Oh, you'll sweat for this!" he shouted impotently when the Happy Family was placing the timbers. The Flying U's Last Stand "Yes," he said, glancing calmly at the apoplectic old aristocrat gagged on the ground, whose eyes were starting impotently from his head. The Club of Queer Trades A fire built against the staircase had burnt down impotently to a low heap of embers. Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard I doubt that he once thought of the little fortune he had so impotently squandered. Roads of Destiny It had lasted only seconds, Bert was dancing on the edge of the slippery slope and mocking the vanquished who had slid impotently to the bottom. The Valley of the Moon Here and there too,—contrasting the redecorated, refurnished, and smiling shops—heaps of rubbish before the gate of some haughty mansion testified the abasement of fortifications which the owner impotently resented as a sacrilege. Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes The two men locked, wrenching impotently, and fell together. Lin McLean Kerry tensed his muscles and groaned impotently feeling his heart beating like a hammer in his breast. Dope So he lay and cursed impotently while he watched the marauders ride out of sight up the valley. The Lure of the Dim Trails |
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