powerful
adjective
pow·er·ful
ˈpau̇(-ə)r-fəl 
1
: having great power, prestige, or influence
a powerful leader
2
: leading to many or important deductions
a powerful set of postulates
Examples of powerful in a Sentence
The country is becoming more and more powerful.
powerful drugs that attack cancer cells
The cash bonus provides a powerful incentive to workers.
The perfume has a powerful smell.
It's a very powerful movie.
The dog has a powerful body.
She has a powerful voice.
The weapons are very powerful.
The aardvark uses its powerful claws to dig for food.
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Burnham didn’t last long against UCLA’s powerful lineup, which increased its home run total to 206.
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Tim Willert, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2026
The owners argue that the players — especially the wealthiest, along with their powerful agents — will have to bend and reconsider their position on a cap.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 29 May 2026
It is named after John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth, and is much bigger and more powerful than the New Shepard rockets that have carried tourists to the fringes of space from Texas.
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That’s likely to showcase how inefficient classical methods can get — and how much more powerful quantum computers can be.
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Tim Willert, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2026
The owners argue that the players — especially the wealthiest, along with their powerful agents — will have to bend and reconsider their position on a cap.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 29 May 2026
It is named after John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth, and is much bigger and more powerful than the New Shepard rockets that have carried tourists to the fringes of space from Texas.
—Marcia Dunn, Fortune, 29 May 2026
That’s likely to showcase how inefficient classical methods can get — and how much more powerful quantum computers can be.
—Quanta Magazine, 29 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for powerful
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