helm
helmless
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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 at sea To whose last spar love still must cling, And sigh:—Alas!—for thee.
From The Poets and Poetry of Cecil County, Maryland by Various
Within her sides, now hopeless, helmless, bare, At random o'er the wildering waters hurled; 10 The reek of battle drifting slow alee Not sullener than we.
From The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell by James Russell Lowell
