Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of impotency
Part of Elliott’s falling out with Neon involves what the director believes was the impotency of its marketing campaign.
—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Apr. 2026
Black Sun is set in the time of an uninhabitable drought and follows Kai, who struggles with his retracting genital and his wife, Ling, who demeans him with this impotency.
—
Sara Merican,
Deadline,
16 May 2025
Rheon plays Meurig Jenkins who, along with Colin White (Rhodri), Tommy Cadogan (Rhys), Peetham ‘Pete’ Shah (Sharma) and Eddie O’Connor (Jones), is suffering from impotency.
—
K.j. Yossman,
Variety,
1 Mar. 2023
According to the study, otherwise healthy men developed impotency after COVID-19 infection made its way into their penile tissue.
—
Bayliss Wagner,
USA TODAY,
15 Sep. 2021
Knowing how much of pitchers’ effectiveness to attribute to gummier grips will take time to study, but an extended period of offensive impotency had the league and its hitters looking for solutions.
—
New York Times,
25 June 2021
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Apr. 2026
Black Sun is set in the time of an uninhabitable drought and follows Kai, who struggles with his retracting genital and his wife, Ling, who demeans him with this impotency.
—
Sara Merican,
Deadline,
16 May 2025
Rheon plays Meurig Jenkins who, along with Colin White (Rhodri), Tommy Cadogan (Rhys), Peetham ‘Pete’ Shah (Sharma) and Eddie O’Connor (Jones), is suffering from impotency.
—
K.j. Yossman,
Variety,
1 Mar. 2023
According to the study, otherwise healthy men developed impotency after COVID-19 infection made its way into their penile tissue.
—
Bayliss Wagner,
USA TODAY,
15 Sep. 2021
Knowing how much of pitchers’ effectiveness to attribute to gummier grips will take time to study, but an extended period of offensive impotency had the league and its hitters looking for solutions.
—
New York Times,
25 June 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impotency
impotence
Noun
-
Decadence is sensuality and impotence, opulence and decay.
-
But these songs are also honest, sometimes despite themselves, about the feelings of impotence associated with watching history play out on a screen.
Cite this Entry
“Impotency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impotency. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
