How to Use powerfully in a Sentence
powerfully
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And his thoughts are just so powerfully poignant, in some ways the job is very easy.
—Maria Reva september 3, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
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Talk to me about getting those words to come out so slickly and powerfully.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 1 Dec. 2024
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And there’s no name more powerfully suited to the task than that of Ford.
—John Gallagher, Detroit Free Press, 15 June 2018
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Lurie came out strongly in favor of good things and very powerfully against bad things.
—Bob Ford, Philly.com, 25 May 2018
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Anything that doesn’t powerfully support one of these points should be left out.
—Justin Kan, Quartz at Work, 10 July 2019
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The woman was chesty, the man powerfully built, the curves of his thighs yearning for the curves of hers.
—Dave Eggers, Wired, 30 Sep. 2021
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The video, which runs for about five minutes, ends simply, but powerfully.
—Doug Criss, CNN, 4 May 2018
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Chelsea boots are a wardrobe staple and the perfect way to march powerfully into the new year.
—Kristen Philipkoski, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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Members of the two supergroups stood powerfully in a line on stage, clad in black and white.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
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But what struck me most powerfully up there was the futility of walls.
—Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 14 July 2017
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Made with two hocks and bacon, the greens and the potlikker are powerfully rich and savory.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 1 Apr. 2026
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Even the smells and tastes that most powerfully evoke her mother’s memory are punk.
—Joanna Scutts, The New Republic, 10 May 2018
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Johnson, who is six feet three and powerfully built, is at ease with himself in a way that puts others at ease.
—Calvin Tomkins, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
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That message speaks powerfully in light of recent events.
—Barry Gelman, Denver Post, 19 Sep. 2025
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To speak powerfully, put these truths into action and watch your career soar.
—William Arruda, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
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These words resonate even more powerfully in the presence of the last witnesses of world war.
—The Christian Science Monitor, 7 June 2019
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These few pages, earmarked in my copy, speak powerfully to me a century and more later.
—Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026
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Yet the vividness of these rare deaths powerfully shapes how people perceive and respond to risk.
—Alejandro Hortal-Sánchez, The Conversation, 24 Mar. 2026
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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
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In 1973, that film’s honest moral quandary felt powerfully new to the movies.
—Armond White, National Review, 1 Nov. 2019
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Views of Earth from space have, in the past, powerfully shifted the way humans see the planet.
—Kayla Randall, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Oct. 2024
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Anyone who has shivered through winter knows how powerfully the body responds to cold.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
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The home ownership gap isn’t anything new — what’s new is the chance to powerfully address it.
—BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2021
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The next chart shows just how powerfully setup the growth trade actually is.
—Todd Gordon, CNBC, 19 May 2026
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Gender was almost as powerfully in play for women in the West.
—New York Times, 11 July 2021
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Those lessons shape behavior far more powerfully than any slogan or video ever could.
—Jon Duffy, Mercury News, 16 Jan. 2026
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Press powerfully off the floor to raise yourself back to the starting position.
—Brett Williams, Men's Health, 8 Aug. 2023
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Yet what lingered just as powerfully as strife was tenderness.
—Rachel Howard, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Feb. 2026
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With shades ranging from a don't-mess-with-me mauve to a lady-like pink, the palette is powerfully pretty.
—Macaela MacKenzie, Allure, 13 Feb. 2018
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The facts beat so powerfully upon the memory that the images come back in rather the same way as a film in slow motion.
—Paul Theroux, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2024
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