impotence
Origin of impotence
1- Also im·po·ten·cy, im·po·tent·ness .
Words that may be confused with impotence
- 1. impetus, impotence
- 2. importance, impotence
Words Nearby impotence
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How to use impotence in a sentence
Though as the bombardment of Ukrainian cities escalated alongside the testiness of exchanges inside the chamber, feelings shifted to outrage at the impotence of members’ calls for peace and dialogue.
How Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Could Change the Global Order Forever | Charlie Campbell | February 24, 2022 | TimeIt’s more frustration and the feeling of impotence over the situation at times.
COVID-19 Killed My Grandfather. But My Dad Was Too Busy Treating COVID-19 Patients to Grieve Him | Tara Law | February 24, 2022 | TimeDespite the violence and government impotence in finding the perpetrators, Hazara have exhibited remarkable restraint.
"My Future Is Now." An Afghan Woman from a Threatened Minority Wrestles with What Happens When the U.S. Withdraws | Knox Thames | June 28, 2021 | TimeThis gives the book a feeling of impotence at best and dangerously misdirected blame at worst.
What Gretel Ehrlich Gets Wrong About Climate Change | Erin Berger | February 8, 2021 | Outside OnlineThe result is safe seats that lead to apathy and voter impotence, leading logically to ever-declining voter turnout.
Hate Hyper-Partisanship? Support Redistricting Reform Now | John Avlon | November 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Brinkley explained that despite all the recent advances in medicine, there still was nothing to be done for impotence.
The Strange, True Tale of the Old-Timey Goat Testicle-Implanting 'Governor' | Penny Lane | September 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThat is the height of cynicism, combined with an admission of impotence.
Male infertility was extremely stigmatic: it was falsely conflated with impotence.
European history also suggests the impotence of criminal law in these matters.
In a voice thick with the torturing rage of impotence he gave the order upon which the grim Parisian insisted.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael SabatiniOne of its characteristic features was the acknowledged impotence of the gods to secure future happiness.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I | John LordTheir "lameness" and "ineptness" and "impotence" plainly arose from disinclination alone.
The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 1 of 2 | Egerton RyersonDuring the revolutionary war the French believed that they could reduce England to impotence by ruining her commerce.
The Political History of England - Vol. X. | William HuntMust we also consider impotence and sickness a form, because sickness and vice can and do accomplish many things badly?
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