Impotently (Adverb)
Meaning
In a helpless manner; "the crowd watched him helplessly".
Examples
- She beat the air with her fists impotently as she watched her child fall to the ground.
- The man stood by the river, yelling out warnings impotently as the boat capsized in the fast-moving current.
- The cat meowed loudly and struggled impotently against the confines of its cage.
- A politician wrung his hands impotently as he faced the crowd and delivered the devastating news.
- The spectator clutched at his cap impotently as a strong gust of wind swept it off his head.