After a minute of helplessly watching him, I did as he said, and left.
She could only watch helplessly as Laura took the call.
The world seemed to gray out as I watched helplessly.
Each time, he saw Nancy watching helplessly from the house.
He watches helplessly as she's taken away in a car.
The three boys ran to the foot of the bed and watched helplessly.
Jimmy and I watched helplessly as the three of them moved toward the back door.
In one sequence after another, he watched helplessly as everything went wrong.
Ben watched helplessly as she rose from the table and left.
The worst, he said, was watching helplessly as people jumped.