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Meanings of own powerlessness in English

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Usage of own powerlessness in English
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At the thought of his own powerlessness a bitter smile curled his lips.
Darkness and Dawn
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It moves and touches me, but shows me my own powerlessness.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 38, December, 1860 / A Maga...
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How embittered and wretched she would feel at her own powerlessness!
Henrietta's Wish; Or, Domineering
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Or smothered under the weight of her own powerlessness to tell nice people no.
Mom over miami
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On the way she had severely felt her own powerlessness.
Cleopatra — Volume 06
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Supremely wise in knowing his own powerlessness, Stevie was not wise enough to restrain his passions.
The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale
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Her paroxysm of despair at her own powerlessness was followed by a lightning flash of self-revelation.
Red Pottage
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Letha watched, sunken by her own powerlessness.
Hemlock Grove
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Revealing his own frustration, his own powerlessness
Another life
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She felt to the full her own powerlessness, nothing she could say would turn him from his purpose.
The Shadow of the East
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There was something inexpressibly touching in the low cry, like the wail of a child at its own powerlessness.
Without Dogma: A Novel of Modern Poland
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And he sank upon the stool, biting his fingers, repressing his rage, stifled by the feeling of his own powerlessness.
Bouvard and Pécuchet: A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life, par...
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To worry is to acknowledge that the world is unpredictable, and there is power in understanding one's own powerlessness at times.
A nameless witch
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His entire figure inspired a futile pity that recognized its own powerlessness, and gave way to a sullen feeling of discomfort.
Mother
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Tender exceedingly to the pain of others, they wept for their own powerlessness to help; and their own susceptibilities were almost morbidly acute.
Poor Relations
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President Obama broke down in tears in 2016 at his own powerlessness when his gun reform laws were blocked by a resistant senate.
News.com.au
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