He felt a sense of helplessness in not being able to help his children.

I want to express that sense of helplessness with this book.

To me, my main depression was a sense of helplessness.

Instead, he felt gripped with a growing sense of helplessness.

"This will just touch off their own sense of helplessness."

To look back is to be consumed by a sense of helplessness.

And, I know the sense of helplessness that people feel.

A sense of helplessness, too, but you didn't try to fight it.

The sense of helplessness came back to me, stronger than ever.

If fears are growing in Washington, so is a sense of helplessness.