How to Use firepower in a Sentence

firepower

noun

• The army didn't have the firepower to defeat the invaders.
• The Bengals will struggle to find the firepower to stay in this one.
  — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2023
• And with that amount of firepower even there was no chance of getting sleepy even in the night scenes.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 11 Oct. 2023
• In the end though, the Chiefs have too much offensive firepower.
  — Ian Firstenberg, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2023
• As a result, most armies adapt in the face of modern firepower.
  — Stephen Biddle, Foreign Affairs, 10 Aug. 2023
• At times, the Frogs’ defense put the team in holes, but the offense had enough firepower to fight back into games.
  — Dallas News, 11 Jan. 2023
• From Jasper to Ardmore, these are the Alabama towns that boast the most firepower.
  — Ramsey Archibald | [e-mail], al, 12 July 2023
• Big banks are typically the ones with the firepower to make the best offers.
  — Matt Egan, CNN, 2 May 2023
• Schoenfield included some caveats but said the Cubs had the firepower to pull it off.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2023
• The Stars have more offensive firepower and Oettinger has the edge over Grubauer.
  — Jace Evans, USA TODAY, 2 May 2023
• As much firepower as the Avalanche have, that is not a formula for success.
  — Jace Evans, USA TODAY, 1 May 2023
• Most of the game was a shootout, and the Nets simply had more firepower against a Pistons team with eight players on the injury report.
  — Detroit Free Press, 6 Apr. 2023
• Russia won ground early in the war with sheer firepower.
  — Natalia Yermak, New York Times, 17 June 2023
• No matchup, however, can match this one in terms of pure firepower.
  — Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2024
• With Miller, Alabama has the firepower to go deep in the tournament this March.
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 4 Jan. 2023
• But for the second night in a row, the Blazers got separation near the end of the 2nd, and Portland never looked to have the firepower to get back in it.
  — Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 17 Apr. 2023
• In Hue, that 90-millimeter gun was all the firepower the Marines needed.
  — David Axe, Forbes, 5 May 2023
• Yet without James, the Lakers didn’t have much firepower to mount a comeback.
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2024
• The Wild recovered from a weak first period to give themselves a chance but clearly missed the firepower watching from the press box in a 3-1 loss to the Flames.
  — John Shipley, Twin Cities, 3 Jan. 2024
• Perhaps some title contender gets desperate over the next week and feels the need to add Gordon's firepower off the bench.
  — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 31 Jan. 2023
• The Sox have too many lefties that rely on craftiness over firepower.
  — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2023
• Even with a late push in the third period, there wasn’t enough firepower for the Arizona Coyotes to overcome the damage done by the Anaheim Ducks.
  — Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 25 Jan. 2023
• The United States, at the time still locked in the Cold War, had placed a premium on improving the tank’s firepower and protection.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 30 Jan. 2023
• Still, the Bradleys will mark a step up for Ukraine, with more firepower than the armored vehicles the United States sent earlier.
  — Claire Parker, Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2023
• The daily update from the Ukrainian military provides a glimpse of the firepower now being brought to bear by the Russians.
  — Tim Lister, CNN, 18 Feb. 2024
• At the hour mark in the game, Noonan and his coaching staff started to insert major firepower into the contest.
  — The Enquirer, 27 Apr. 2023
• The 29-year-old defenseman runs Florida’s top unit that has all sorts of firepower.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2024
• Some of the ships China is churning out arguably have greater firepower than some of their US counterparts.
  — Brad Lendon, CNN, 2 June 2023
• In Uvalde, there was plenty of police firepower, equipment and know-how, Cohen said.
  — ABC News, 13 Feb. 2023
• Ultimately, though, the Longhorns’ passing game simply has too much firepower for the Cowboys to contend on the back end.
  — Corey Smith, Dallas News, 14 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024