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

"So, since it's not necessary we should reserve it as an object lesson in general ineffectualness, Miss St. Quentin, what shall we do with it?"

From The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance by Malet, Lucas