How to Use impotent in a Sentence

impotent

adjective

• My cousin in Trinidad won’t get the vaccine cuz his friend got it & became impotent.
  — Sophie Mellor, Fortune, 30 Dec. 2021
• The Dodgers’ bullpen ranked among the best in the major leagues, and along with a strong Braves bullpen in the wild-card series has rendered Padres bats largely impotent.
  — Kevin Acee, The Mercury News, 10 Oct. 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
• That’s where regret from an impotent trade deadline may kick in.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 31 July 2019
• 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
• The sciences as a whole are impotent before this question.
  — Jason Blakely, Harper's Magazine, 10 July 2023
• 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
• 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
• The position of Cuyahoga County sheriff has been neutered to that of an impotent lap dog.
  — Phillip Morris, cleveland.com, 1 Sep. 2019
• 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
• 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
• The Stars have been famously impotent in overtime this season, going 1-6 in games that end in overtime (plus 2-6 in shootouts).
  — Matthew Defranks, Dallas News, 21 Apr. 2021
• Unlike impotent Iowa, Penn State put playmakers on the field.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 29 Oct. 2022
• Remember that our families, friends and neighbors are scared, idle, out of work and feel impotent.
  — oregonlive, 23 Mar. 2020
• 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
• Thorson doesn't yet trust his young receivers, Justin Jackson (7 carries, 18 yards) is bugged by a leg injury and the O-line is often impotent.
  — Teddy Greenstein, chicagotribune.com, 10 Sep. 2017
• Thanks to the constraints imposed by the Zeitgeist, the Fed was omnipotent in principle but impotent in practice.
  — Sebastian Mallaby, Foreign Affairs, 30 June 2021
• The town’s working-class citizens are sick of being neglected and left in impotent chaos.
  — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Sep. 2024
• One state-of-the-art iron lung ventilator, and a few older, mostly impotent, devices.
  — Bradley M. Wertheim, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 June 2020
• On the other hand, why these expressions of impotent outrage?
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 25 May 2022
• 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
• 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
• This would hurt the American rule of law and render our federal prison system impotent.
  — Tom Cotton, National Review, 20 Sep. 2021
• South Korea almost cries crocodile tears, China is amused, and the U.S. seems impotent.
  — Victor Davis Hanson, National Review, 25 July 2017
• The mounting pressure of remarriage — both from his parents, who wanted to prove their son wasn’t impotent, and the people of Rajpipla, who were looking for the next heir — added to his woes.
  — NBC News, 30 Jan. 2018
• Freddie, of course, refers to Freeman, the Dodgers first baseman slowed by an ankle injury that left his bat mostly impotent in earlier rounds of the playoffs.
  — Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 29 Oct. 2024
• How much should Saturday’s impotent performance erase the earlier win in the eyes of the committee?
  — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2020

Last Updated: 3 Feb 2025