Example Sentences

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"Bond's Shakespeare was an unforgettable portrait of the artist as an old man, confronting his ineffectualness in mitigating the world's cruelty", added Billington.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2024

The issue wasn’t language’s ineffectualness in the face of a terrible event.

From The Guardian • Jan. 23, 2020

The crosscutting naturally underlines David’s ineffectualness, an emphasis that seems, at that moment, in the coals-to-Newcastle category; we’ve had plenty of evidence.

From New York Times • Sep. 4, 2011

They chanted "Ovie, Ovie!" to taunt the superstar for his rare ineffectualness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2010

Having the gift of comprehension, she wholly knew their ineffectualness.

From The Furnace by Macaulay, Rose, Dame