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Recent Examples of impotence Tempest’s description evokes a dreamlike horror, laced with black humor: Men were still stuck in the mud all over the battlefield, imploring help to lift them out : half crazy with the sense of their own impotence, and the enemy shelling. . . . Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 13 July 2025 There have been encouraging signs in other games or even in consecutive games, only to have the Padres revert to being the offensive impatience and impotence. Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2025 The surgery to remove the prostate is often done outpatient, and has low risk for incontinence and impotence, but can cause erectile dysfunction, which can be treated by medication. Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025 Compare this to the feckless impotence of Donald Trump or Andrew Cuomo. Steven W. Thrasher june 23, Literary Hub, 23 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for impotence
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inability
Noun
  • If the continuity, cohesion and familiarity offered by those who stayed does not prove enough to keep Leeds in the league, the inability to sell efficiently in the summer window will be seen as one of the failings.
    Beren Cross, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
  • France meanwhile faces an inability to push through budget legislation and a public unwilling to accept the spending cuts or tax increases needed to change its economic fundamentals.
    Jenni Reid, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025

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“Impotence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impotence. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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