Yes, thought Tom, for once frustrated by his inability to speak, but where is "there"?

When confronting such a serious problem, it is easy to feel so daunted by your inability to do everything that you end up doing nothing.

He slumped before her, weighted down by his own inability to live.

We've been tortured by our inability to complete it and determine the winning teams.

Both teams surely must have felt frustrated by their inability to convert field goals.

They soon became irritated by their inability to capture it, and turned back to diplomacy.

Caused by my inability to find the correct solution to our problem.

I saw he was crying, tortured by his inability to do more to help me, worried we were doing the wrong thing.

During the final minutes, the Nets became frustrated by their inability to score.

Demoralized by his inability to understand the whereabouts or nature of the world.