How to Use power in a Sentence

power

1 of 2 noun

• The rebels rose to power several years ago.
• She is from a very wealthy family with a lot of social power.
• The new government has taken power.
• After the emperor died, power passed to his eldest son.
• A small company with only a few products has grown to become a power in the industry.
• The president was removed from power in the recent uprising.
• The company was almost destroyed in a power struggle between its two founders.
• Our state is now the region's leading economic power.
• The company abused its power, forcing workers to work overtime without pay.
• The significant thing is the songs and the power of the songs.
  — Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 23 July 2021
• Bet insurance puts the power in the hands of the players.
  — cleveland, 3 Dec. 2022
• And yet their words have the power to change us anyway.
  — Joe Fassler, The Atlantic, 19 June 2018
• But there’s a lot of power on the side of workers these days.
  — Emmett Lindner, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2023
• That has the potential to bring down trees and power lines.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 27 Feb. 2023
• That ice storm that tore through tree limbs and power lines is so last week.
  — Chandra Fleming, Detroit Free Press, 28 Feb. 2023
• The crew wanted this to be a story about the power of friendship.
  — Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 17 Mar. 2020
• Some states have kept judges who aren’t lawyers on the bench but reined in their power.
  — Joseph Cranney, ProPublica, 27 Nov. 2019
• The book stands out for its raw power, poignance, and moments of grace.
  — Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Sep. 2021
• The couple went through four power shut-offs last year.
  — Anne C. Mulkern, Scientific American, 13 July 2020
• The whole idea of pride is the power of being your authentic self.
  — Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2020
• Deputy service aides are not armed and do not have the power to arrest.
  — Madeline Ackley, The Arizona Republic, 4 Sep. 2020
• Set up at a squat rack or power rack with the bar resting at about the middle of chest height.
  — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 24 Jan. 2019
• As the lake goes down less and less power is generated at the dam.
  — NBC News, 3 Oct. 2021
• The excitement doesn’t end there as fans have the power to shape the winners.
  — Shelby Stewart, Essence, 8 Aug. 2023
• The fresh air, zero smog and great views have a healing power.
  — Lyndsey Matthews, House Beautiful, 30 Jan. 2018
• This boring bird has held its power over us for way too long.
  — Andy Nesbitt, For The Win, 27 Nov. 2019
• Here’s how to harness the power of mulch to cool off plants and keep your garden healthy.
  — Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 20 Aug. 2023
• Some who fall out of favor are not killed but are abruptly stripped of power.
  — Gerry Mullany, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2017
• But the body is a sight of pleasure, of power, of potential.
  — Alia E. Dastagir, USA TODAY, 15 Oct. 2021
• Making up for this deficit of power was the electric motor.
  — Brendan McAleer, Car and Driver, 14 Dec. 2022

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power

2 of 2 verb

• He powered the ball past the goalie.
• She powered her way to the finish line.
• The running back powered through the defensive line.
• The kind who power through fifteen-hour work days and then train for a triathlon.
  — Jacqueline Detwiler, Popular Mechanics, 25 June 2018
• It could be used to power long-haul trucks and train and air travel.
  — New York Times, 13 July 2021
• This is not the year to dismiss your stress or force yourself to power through it.
  — Macaela MacKenzie, Glamour, 16 Dec. 2020
• This needs a lot more chaos energy to power it past the rough spots.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2022
• But who are the men and women powering the church behind the protest?
  — Justin L. MacK, Indianapolis Star, 3 July 2018
• Take a moment to decompress from the day and then power down.
  — Lauren Smith, Good Housekeeping, 11 Sep. 2017
• Hernandez finished with three home runs in the four games to help power his team to the win.
  — Gary Curreri, sun-sentinel.com, 23 July 2021
• That leaves many of the workers who power Branson with a tough choice.
  — Richard Fausset, BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2023
• Simply plug them in or power them up and take back the yard to enjoy a bug-free zone.
  — Travel + Leisure, 26 June 2020
• Those were the three key groups who powered his victory.
  — Ronald Brownstein, The Atlantic, 7 Dec. 2016
• The pandemic rattled its business and many of the hosts who power it.
  — Kaya Yurieff, CNN, 22 Oct. 2020
• The flow of water is powered by beating tails on the cells of the basket/pharynx.
  — Jennifer Frazer, Scientific American Blog Network, 10 July 2017
• Winds powering through the tremendous snow dunes were letting off a sound of their own.
  — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 17 Oct. 2018
• That’s half the price of a new rickshaw powered by natural gas.
  — Clifford Krauss, New York Times, 9 Dec. 2023
• But the small engines that power most lawn equipment haven't made as much progress.
  — CBS News, 10 Dec. 2021
• Once the device is no longer submerged, power it off right away.
  — Boone Ashworth, Wired, 1 Feb. 2021
• Ford says the truck can power homes for roughly three days if equipped with the larger battery pack.
  — Connor Hoffman, Car and Driver, 20 May 2021
• New York is well equipped to power through a crisis, or at least try.
  — Sarah Maslin Nir, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2022
• For all these devices’ ills, no one seems ready to power them down quite yet.
  — Travis M. Andrews, Washington Post, 1 July 2020
• All vessels must be powered by the captain or crew with homemade oars.
  — Luann Gibbs, Cincinnati.com, 30 June 2019
• The Falcon 9 refers to the nine engines that power its first stage.
  — Craig Bailey, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2022
• Carbs are like bolts of energy that can power you through a workout.
  — Mark Stock, Men's Health, 5 Dec. 2022
• Many of those messages are the tips, photos, and rumors that power the feed.
  — Kara Brown, Marie Claire, 1 Mar. 2019
• The data was also used to power online crime maps, so those will go dark as well.
  — Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2021
• So the boat was ordered to power down all non-essential systems and wait for a tow.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 24 June 2021
• Along with food, water is the fuel that powers your workouts.
  — Amy Marturana, SELF, 2 Jan. 2019
• Some young people may not be able to throw birds with simple throwers powered by arm strength.
  — Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 24 May 2023

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024