How to Use powerfully in a Sentence

powerfully

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• In the world of fashion, few names bring legacy to mind as powerfully as Ralph Lauren.
  — Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2022
• This hit me most powerfully while stuck in one last parade.
  — Jon Mooallem Andrea Frazzetta, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2023
• In a Lakers world where the front office is always right, the blame rolls swift and powerfully and very much downhill.
  — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2021
• President Biden said it very frankly and very powerfully from Brownsville, Texas, just a few days ago.
  — CBS News, 3 Mar. 2024
• With a powerfully raw script and a gritty aesthetic, the film captured two men at the end of their grubby ropes.
  — Debby Wolfinsohn, EW.com, 11 Apr. 2023
• Press powerfully off the floor to raise yourself back to the starting position.
  — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 8 Aug. 2023
• His ropey dresses that hug the collarbones and stretch across the hips are some powerfully erotic stuff.
  — Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 20 Sep. 2022
• Choice of narrative point of view powerfully shapes the substance of a novel.
  — Hazlitt, 20 Sep. 2023
• Crowley’s powerfully simple set of plain screens stands deep down the huge thrust stage, with the audience wrapped around three sides.
  — David Benedict, Variety, 8 Dec. 2021
• Once again the white suit rears its powerfully symbolic head.
  — Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2023
• God’s love, expressed most powerfully in our Lord Jesus, offers comfort, hope, and strength for the tasks ahead.
  — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 1 Sep. 2022
• Then, for the squat walk to jump, quickly and powerfully stand from your squat position, raising your hands above your head, instead of jumping at the end.
  — Christa Sgobba, SELF, 27 Dec. 2022
• Striking while the irons were hot, our team of testers glided over cotton, linen, and satin to see which irons most powerfully pushed out creases and stubborn bumps.
  — Janine Henni, PEOPLE.com, 15 Apr. 2022
• His portrayal was a direct testament to the talent and depth of Williams, the actor who brought him so powerfully to life.
  — Michael Arceneaux, Essence, 24 May 2022
• The bigger a team makes its purpose, the faster and more powerfully the energy level among that team rises.
  — Hubert Joly, Fortune, 28 Nov. 2022
• Her writing is lucid and her tone is warm; in her telling, certain myths, such as the one about Demeter and Persephone, are powerfully moving.
  — Mary Norris, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2023
• An unreleased song by Lamar plays at the end of the clip, its powerfully introspective lyrics a reminder of why he was granted the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2018.
  — Tiziana Cardini, Vogue, 23 Jan. 2024
• What strikes her most powerfully, again and again, is how time passes, and change happens, unnoticed.
  — Ellen Akins, Washington Post, 20 May 2022
• What that all adds up to is this: A strong core not only boosts performance in training and sports, but is also the secret to moving more powerfully through life.
  — Men's Health, 16 Mar. 2023
• Habre’s cruelty would emerge most powerfully through the stories of those who suffered.
  — Steven Levingston, Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2022
• Which is how the stark one-two punch that ends the show impacts so powerfully following so many selections that were feeling, well, groovier.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 21 Dec. 2022
• The powerfully evocative, riotously funny and deliciously unique play has landed on many lists as one of the best plays of 2021.
  — Jeryl Brunner, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2021
• Both here and in Peter Grimes the large chorus, prepared by Donald Palumbo, sang powerfully.
  — Dallas News, 21 Oct. 2022
• But viewers admitted that the song didn’t land as powerfully the second time around because of the backup music.
  — Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 19 Apr. 2022
• Laura Dern, at least, is powerfully fervid as Linda, who wants the town to be brought in line with her progressive politics.
  — Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 20 Mar. 2024
• But Thomson is determined to press the point, if only to focus the reader’s attention on the fantasy world that film so powerfully evokes in us.
  — Paul Baumann, National Review, 3 Mar. 2022
• The breakers, Choi found, moved freely and powerfully, outside the rigidity of gymnastics.
  — Jonathan Abrams, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2023
• To judge by the performance record alone, the play still speaks powerfully to us — which is to say, still provokes us to reconsider its potential meanings.
  — Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2021
• The women on the show also powerfully challenge the stereotype that Asian women can be weak and hyperfeminine, the experts say.
  — Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 25 Feb. 2023
• For instance, using Snapchat to drop a dire wolf into your living room could demonstrate its size and strength much more powerfully than a description in a textbook could.
  — Sam Jones, Scientific American, 10 Mar. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024