Helplessly
"Helplessly" in a Sentence (14 examples)
She is struggling helplessly.
Tom smiled helplessly.
Layla watched helplessly as Sami turned the knife on her little brother.
Sami watched helplessly.
Sami watched that helplessly.
Tom shrugged helplessly.
It may seem silly, but I'm helplessly in love with you.
Ziri watched helplessly as his father was punching his mother in the face.
Yanni was watching helplessly as his father was savagely beating his mother.
Yanni was watching helplessly as his father was savagely beating his mother with a belt.
The fish flopped helplessly in the tiny remaining pool.
The boy rolled on the floor laughing helplessly.
The whole covey of victims was thus netted; the household ruin was thus full and orbicular; and in that proportion the tendency of men and women, flutter as they might, would be helplessly and hopelessly to sink into the all-conquering hands of the mighty murderer.
The spectators gaped helplessly as the balloon approached the power lines.
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