helmless
- a word derived from helm.
Example Sentences
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It can be tempting to wonder if a military branch really needs its commandant, if a helmless Marine Corps really is a crisis.
From Slate • Jul. 31, 2023
He quoted the swashbuckling versifier François Villon: To Messire Noel, named the neat By those who love him, I bequeath A helmless ship, a houseless street, A wordless book, a swordless sheath.
From Time Magazine Archive
Balance is everything, riding out time like a helmless sheep-boat, keel to hellward, mast upreared to prick out heaven’s eye.
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
A helmless ship in storm and darkness was in no more pitiable condition than this poor lad.
From Danger Or, Wounded in the House of a Friend by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)
He was possessed by so many emotions, all warring with each other, that, for the moment, he was like a helmless ship, borne this way and that, he knew not why or whither.
From Miss Arnott's Marriage by Marsh, Richard
