"Impotently" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Brown hesitated impotently; then of a sudden he came forward swiftly and extended his hand, first to one and then ...
— Where the Trail Divides • Will Lillibridge
... see your companion wearing the badge of our most noble order. I should not have been as there is no moral distinction between a thief and a spy." Encouraged by his own words, he tore the medal from its resting place, while Carrick groaned impotently. ...
— Trusia - A Princess of Krovitch • Davis Brinton
... long body of Master Paul Hungerford. He was followed by Garlinge, who was performing the like embracive office for the short body of Master Peter Rainham. The two angry gentlemen plunged and struggled impotently to free themselves from their guardians and hurl themselves at each other's throats. They might as well have tried to free themselves from clamps of iron. To the master-muscled Garlinge and Clupp—a strong Gyas, a strong Cloanthes, no less—they were no more ...
— The Lady of Loyalty House - A Novel • Justin Huntly McCarthy
... and beheld a young sparrow, with a yellow ring around its beak and down on its head. It had fallen from the nest (the wind was rocking the trees of the alley violently), and sat motionless, impotently expanding ...
— A Reckless Character - And Other Stories • Ivan Turgenev
... man's desires: yet stronger immeasurably, as with the educated, things of the mind are stronger than things of the body. Those who deny this are fools, or imposters,—I know not which. To do so is to strike at the very foundation of human nature,—but impotently,—for in fundamentals, human nature is good." Unconsciously, a smile flashed ...
— A Breath of Prairie and other stories • Will Lillibridge
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