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Definition of Helplessnesses
1. helplessness [n] - See also: helplessness
Lexicographical Neighbors of Helplessnesses
Literary usage of Helplessnesses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Psychic treatment of nervous disorders: (The Psychoneuroses and Their by Paul Dubois (1909)
"As for your various helplessnesses, we will return to them. For the time being
strengthen yourself by reducing your expenses through rest in bed, ..."
2. Gems by the Way-side: An Offering of Purity and Truth (1853)
"... gratify a low and sensual appetite, rather than shed around the helplessnesses
of infancy and childhood that love and protection which it so much needs. ..."
3. Stories of Authors' Loves by Clara Elizabeth Laughlin (1902)
"Mrs. Clemm advised him, looked after him in his thousand little helplessnesses,
comforted him for his disappointments, cheered him to new trials, ..."
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