How to Use impotent in a Sentence

impotent

adjective

• That’s where regret from an impotent trade deadline may kick in.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 31 July 2019
• Yet the Jets' offense was again impotent.
  — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2025
• My cousin in Trinidad won’t get the vaccine cuz his friend got it & became impotent.
  — Sophie Mellor, Fortune, 30 Dec. 2021
• There is no end to the impotent convulsions of an empire in decline.
  — Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 9 June 2026
• The offense can go from prolific to impotent in a quarter’s time.
  — J. Michael, Indianapolis Star, 28 Feb. 2020
• Along with an impotent offense, that stands out as the biggest story of Sunday's game.
  — Jim Ayello, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Nov. 2020
• Remember that our families, friends and neighbors are scared, idle, out of work and feel impotent.
  — oregonlive, 23 Mar. 2020
• On the other hand, why these expressions of impotent outrage?
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 25 May 2022
• Decadence is the vanity of bodybuilders made impotent by steroids.
  — Olivia Kan-Sperling, Artforum, 2 May 2026
• This result, though—an impotent, scared team that is clearly not ready for the moment—feels like two steps forward and one very large step back.
  — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
• The town’s working-class citizens are sick of being neglected and left in impotent chaos.
  — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Sep. 2024
• Most of the culprits have remained untouched by a weak justice system impotent in the face of the wealthy and the powerful.
  — Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo, Quartz Africa, 16 Nov. 2019
• One state-of-the-art iron lung ventilator, and a few older, mostly impotent, devices.
  — Bradley M. Wertheim, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 June 2020
• One of these things is going to collapse, or blow, or leak, and the vain and impotent news cycle of the teachable moment will begin all over again.
  — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 12 Mar. 2018
• To date, federal legislative efforts to protect the rights of millions to vote have been impotent.
  — Abdul El-Sayed, The New Republic, 10 Mar. 2022
• The lack of a simple solution deprives politicians of easy slogans, but does not leave trustbusters impotent.
  — The Economist, 18 Jan. 2018
• The position of Cuyahoga County sheriff has been neutered to that of an impotent lap dog.
  — Phillip Morris, cleveland.com, 1 Sep. 2019
• The Rooney Rule is impotent, but please explain how it can be applied to an interim coaching hire?
  — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Nov. 2022
• This would hurt the American rule of law and render our federal prison system impotent.
  — Tom Cotton, National Review, 20 Sep. 2021
• And two, studies had come out, so to speak, showing links between Covid-19 and some impotent findings.
  — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2021
• And Erik Spoelstra has not been able to conjure any magic from an offense that is stale, predictable and impotent.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2023
• Kentucky should act robustly and lead the way in both hemp and cannabis, not remain flaccid and impotent with its prohibition.
  — Joe Sonka, The Courier-Journal, 26 Oct. 2022
• Unlike impotent Iowa, Penn State put playmakers on the field.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 29 Oct. 2022
• State treasuries and private sector banks, which lend only on the prospect of things getting better, not worse, are left impotent by disasters like this one.
  — Robert Hockett, The New Republic, 1 Dec. 2020
• Their refusal to conform or obey is ultimately an impotent gesture against forces larger than themselves.
  — Jake Cole, IndieWire, 18 Aug. 2025
• Even in places that offer highly advanced health care, doctors have felt impotent trying to undo the damage when these horrors return.
  — Patricia Callahan, ProPublica, 19 Mar. 2026
• In truth, the technocrats and the managers are almost always impotent in the face of the authoritarian state.
  — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 16 May 2022
• The Chiefs' offense had been rendered impotent by that point, unable to move the ball after Kelce left with a concussion in the first half.
  — USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2018
• The Chiefs' offense had been rendered impotent by that point, unable to move the ball much after Kelce left with a concussion in the first half.
  — Dave Skretta, Houston Chronicle, 6 Jan. 2018
• What if the end looks like an impotent offense surrendering amid the strange sound of Gillette Stadium boos at halftime?
  — Adam Kilgore, courant.com, 9 Dec. 2019