| For example, in one situation, nurses powerlessly watched the emergency room of their institution being renovated, sorry that only doctors had been consulted. |
| Do we have to watch powerlessly as this vandalism takes place? |
| Finding a place for the axe to lodge is trickier than it looks and as for the feet, let's just say I spend more time hanging powerlessly from the rope than climbing. |
| The sight of a lonely man, with no-one around him to help, powerlessly watching on as the world spins in front of him. |
| I just stood there and watched powerlessly, as T.J.'s dad violently struggled to restrain his son from running off. |
| It is better to get involved and take responsibility, at any scale, than to complain powerlessly from the sidelines. |
