impotent
Example Sentences
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In statistical terms, they were two of the most impotent attacking displays by any Premier League team this season.
From BBC • Feb. 11, 2026
“It made me angry, but I felt so impotent because, well, what do I do?”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025
Rendered impotent by domestication, she’ll do anything to influence human events.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025
This impotent rage factor is important for understanding what's happening in Los Angeles.
From Salon • Jun. 11, 2025
But Varney also perceived something else: the silver eagles on his collar rendered all the muscles of all the light colonels in the Marine Corps impotent.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
Vocabulary lists containing impotent
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