Examples of 'powerless to prevent' in a sentence
Meaning of "powerless to prevent"
powerless to prevent - this phrase describes a situation where someone is unable to stop or avoid something from happening
How to use "powerless to prevent" in a sentence
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Brown claimed that he was powerless to prevent this.
I was powerless to prevent her.
He recognized it but was powerless to prevent it.
Powerless to prevent the bombs.
We are just as powerless to prevent the inevitable.
He had known something was wrong but had been powerless to prevent it.
Brown was powerless to prevent this.
The original astronauts and their children find themselves powerless to prevent the genocide.
As all men are powerless to prevent their fate if the prophesizing be true.
Their pleas fall on deaf ears and they are powerless to prevent the massacre.
I was powerless to prevent it.
The recent financial crisis shows that orthodox economic policies were powerless to prevent the crisis.
The international community had proved powerless to prevent atrocities or even punish the perpetrators.
I am powerless to prevent your appearance before His Eminence.
Human beings are totally powerless to prevent or overcome death.
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Then fate intervened with a nightmare - a senseless violent rape she was powerless to prevent.
But nonetheless they were powerless to prevent what happened.
Would be powerless to prevent our own destruction and Soviet domination of.
And soon my old leather bag was powerless to prevent us dissolving into one.
The world can be terrifying, and bad things happen that you are powerless to prevent.
An international conference was absolutely powerless to prevent them from pursuing their shameful dealings.
St. Petersburgers did not welcome the relocation but were powerless to prevent it.
The army says it 's now powerless to prevent the ongoing mass exodus.
Wherever she goes, death follows, and she 's powerless to prevent it.
Good Is Impotent: Joan is powerless to prevent her fate throughout the film.
The Constable has sympathy for the Jewish community but is powerless to prevent the violence.
Thus, the Assembly is not powerless to prevent a Security Council action that violates the Charter.
And no matter how much I love you I am powerless to prevent it.
You were powerless to prevent that too, were not you ;.
The Fed is essentially powerless to prevent this.
Once more she found herself mocked, teased, and humiliated, and was powerless to prevent it.
Even well protected convoys appeared powerless to prevent the wolf packs sinking at will.
The Fianna, led by Goll mac Morna, were powerless to prevent it.
And I am powerless to prevent it!
Both seem to be colliding like I'm powerless to prevent it.
We are powerless to prevent this from… ”.
They even realize that they are powerless to prevent Ragnarok.
Individual workers were powerless to prevent exploitation by their employers . { { Citation needed } }.
Something did happen, but I was powerless to prevent it.
The Bosnians were powerless to prevent it.
Paul observes them together, but he is powerless to prevent the romance.
The multipurpose dimension of agriculture will be powerless to prevent the foreseeable rural depopulation.
They can see, even if they are powerless to prevent mischief.
Are national governments powerless to prevent it?
But it's a meaningless insult: they are powerless to prevent the relationship.
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She admitted she was powerless over alcohol
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