While Book and Simon hold their own, Kaylee is emotionally unable to attack, and retreats when pressed by enemy gunfire.

Feeling as though she'd been pierced by every thorn on the bush, Micky turned away from a message that she was emotionally unable to accept, and stared at the house trailer next door.

This act of cowardice in a small scene foreshadows the final scene, in which Surya runs back into his house on seeing Lakshmi, emotionally unable to confront her.

More Monica news: Marcia Lewis' second day of grand jury testimony ended abruptly, says the NYT , when she became physically and emotionally unable to continue.

Reports vary as to whether he was ill or was emotionally unable to cope with the subject matter of the music.

Your particular flavor of mental disorder - wherein you want what Apple makes but are emotionally unable to buy it from Apple - is both sad and amusing.

Fat Tony later finds out that Homer is an informant for the government and, emotionally unable to endure the betrayal, dies of heart attack.

Though I was emotionally unable to convey my feelings, I want my players to know that I cherished every one of them.

In literature, lone wolves are aloof and emotionally unable or unwilling to directly interact with other characters in the story.

When the railroad line is scheduled to be closed, he is offered a job at a hotel, but he is emotionally unable to part with his career as a railroader.