How to Use impotence in a Sentence

impotence

noun
  • And as the extent of the damage grew, so too did her feeling of impotence.
    — Heather Law, CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2025
  • The air was filled with both anger and resignation — and a sense of impotence.
    — Tracy Wilkinsonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2023
  • Pfizer switched gears, studying the compound as a way to treat impotence.
    — Michael S. Rosenwald, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2018
  • That’s one full game of brilliance, and another full game of impotence.
    — Zach Berman, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • They will be ordered to disarm and neutralise and prove their complete impotence over and over again.
    — Bruno Maçães, Time, 1 Mar. 2022
  • Dole serves as a spokesman for men’s health issues including prostate exams and impotence.
    — Cnn Editorial Research, CNN, 1 July 2021
  • In an age of heightened awareness, such impotence tends to be magnified.
    — Dennis Lin, sandiegouniontribune.com, 29 Apr. 2017
  • But the protests also emerged from — and revealed — the impotence of the government.
    — Alexey Kovalev, Star Tribune, 26 Jan. 2021
  • In fact, any form of moderate exercise can help guys lower their risk of impotence.
    — Amanda Hawkins, Good Housekeeping, 8 May 2014
  • Based on the Supreme court’s impotence here, that deadline is meaningless.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 26 May 2022
  • There was a good chance the cancer would recur, and the surgery often caused permanent impotence.
    — Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling, The New Republic, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Conversely, the film is at its most heartbreaking when the girl cries and her mother in turn shares her tears of impotence.
    — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2021
  • Such moves are, in my view, an admission of political impotence rather than strength.
    — Catherine Poisson, CNN, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Both stated that the caller had spoken to a doctor about a curable virus that could cause impotence if not treated.
    — Bart Jansen, USA Today, 19 Dec. 2025
  • Misty’s rant on the impotence of entertainment in the face of real-world events was largely met with disdain.
    — Dan Deluca, Philly.com, 16 Sep. 2017
  • In exchange for political impotence, they would be mostly left alone and allowed to get rich.
    — Paul Mozur, New York Times, 8 July 2018
  • The midfield must also shoulder their fair share of the blame for the Rossoneri's attacking impotence.
    — SI.com, 31 Oct. 2019
  • Fighting back, even as an exercise in impotence, did a lot for McCain.
    — Alex Horton, Washington Post, 3 May 2018
  • Besides the trade war, fund managers list the impotence of central banks and a bubble in bond markets as their biggest worries.
    — The Economist, 10 Oct. 2019
  • This gives the book a feeling of impotence at best and dangerously misdirected blame at worst.
    — Erin Berger, Outside Online, 8 Feb. 2021
  • Rage at the impotence of a medical establishment that had no answers for her sister.
    — Eileen McNamara, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Mar. 2018
  • The loud rage sweeping over the European continent at present is born of this feeling of impotence.
    — Bruno Maçães, Time, 1 Mar. 2022
  • That there is impotence and cancer and infidelity and vanity and loss.
    — Lyz Lenz, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2025
  • Cialis is a medication that contains tadalafil, a drug used to treat erectile dysfunction and impotence.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 15 Sep. 2023
  • At the moment, Labuschagne's batting is suffering through impotence.
    — Tim Ellis, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Then, Chano gleaned over some of the pressing issues plaguing the city, mainly its impotence in the field of education.
    — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 8 Nov. 2017
  • The resurgence in demand for tiger bone wine in particular, which is believed to cure rheumatism and impotence, has helped drive the success of these farms.
    — National Geographic, 1 Feb. 2016
  • The offensive impotence is catnip for critics.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Russia quickly reopened the strait and eventually returned the ships, but the moves laid bare Ukraine’s naval impotence.
    — Mark Cancian, Foreign Affairs, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Watson has 30 yards on 12 targets over the last two weeks, a sign of the impotence of Baltimore’s offense.
    — Michael Beller, SI.com, 19 Oct. 2017

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