Word: helplessly
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...prefer the outdoors.” The captain of the ship approached them, and Roxanna’s employers lapsed into an uneasy silence that had lasted to the present.What might the quarrel be? Neither appeared to be angry. They seemed to regard each other with a kind of helpless terror, which Roxanna optimistically interpreted as worry.She looked down at the paper in her hand:The StableFelicitous, my fate, of late, is not.I feel as though I’ve been most cruelly shot,By heartache’s arrow, so strong, and long, and hard.And now against whole ruin...
...they told TIME last week. "So far we have managed to keep this all away from the children. We won't allow pictures of them on websites. We are always wary of strangers and concerned about suspicious-looking cars. It's a constant, nagging worry, and you feel so helpless...
...university student became Hong Kong's activist poster child. She also became the bête-noire of many who see her as a photogenic traitor to the Chinese people. Chan brushes aside the criticism as a symptom of Hong Kong's political apathy. "People here just feel helpless. They don't believe they can make a difference," she says...
...Armageddon, only to be met instead with a world that remains mostly the same in the short term, especially for the rich - but one that gets inexorably worse, especially for the poor. Global warming is very scary because once it truly gets started, we may in the end be helpless to stop it. But fear has never been a very good motivator, especially not for the decades-long societal changes we'll need to make to slow climate change. Instead of the apocalypse, what we need is positivity. A low-carbon world will bring benefits that go well beyond simple...
...loss to Romania and beating a French team that is fading faster than its own side. Against high-scoring Spain, and lacking its midfield virtuoso Andrea Pirlo, Italy opted for its classic catennacio defense, and Spain suffered the consequences. Italy's interest in attack was episodic, and with the helpless Luca Toni leading its offense, Italy registered its first corner kick 40 minutes into the game...