“They are on the receiving end, or on the sidelines, feeling helpless and vulnerable.”

“It was just the usual things a helpless politician says when he or she has no control over the situation.”

“Searching for affection is the most logical and direct way of coping with the feeling of being alone and helpless in a menacing world.”

“The old lady was assisted across the road by a helpful young man.”

“You might think it trivial but we find it incredibly helpful every time someone donates a dollar.”

“Our new navigational system was helpful in enabling us to find your place.”

“Amongst them there are very few decent and helpable men and women who are capable of rising to a higher life.”

“What all political sides share in their dire diagnoses of America is a vision of a country not working very well, and a fear that it's getting beyond the point of being helpable.”