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
  • Both sides hope to gain an edge in power for the next 10 years.
    Ray Stern, The Arizona Republic, 4 Dec. 2021
  • But there’s a lot of power on the side of workers these days.
    Emmett Lindner, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Bet insurance puts the power in the hands of the players.
    cleveland, 3 Dec. 2022
  • When grown-ups have had enough of the noise, kids can play with it as a pull toy with the power off.
    Ashley Ziegler, Parents, 13 Apr. 2024
  • Some states have kept judges who aren’t lawyers on the bench but reined in their power.
    Joseph Cranney, ProPublica, 27 Nov. 2019
  • And yet their words have the power to change us anyway.
    Joe Fassler, The Atlantic, 19 June 2018
  • The book stands out for its raw power, poignance, and moments of grace.
    Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Sep. 2021
  • 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
  • Seven tents were scattered along two blocks of the power line right-of-way one block to the west.
    Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2024
  • The crew wanted this to be a story about the power of friendship.
    Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 17 Mar. 2020
  • The couple went through four power shut-offs last year.
    Anne C. Mulkern, Scientific American, 13 July 2020
  • The excitement doesn’t end there as fans have the power to shape the winners.
    Shelby Stewart, Essence, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Court has been chipping away at the power of the Voting Rights Act for some time.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 27 May 2023
  • That’s not the case with this Milwaukee and its sheer power.
    Adrienne Donica, Popular Mechanics, 29 Dec. 2019
  • 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
  • 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
  • But the body is a sight of pleasure, of power, of potential.
    Alia E. Dastagir, USA TODAY, 15 Oct. 2021
  • The fresh air, zero smog and great views have a healing power.
    Lyndsey Matthews, House Beautiful, 30 Jan. 2018
  • The power outages and ice brought with the storm caused headaches for many, according to NPR.
    Zoe Denenberg, Southern Living, 3 Nov. 2023
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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.
  • One megawatt is enough to power about 200 homes on a hot day.
    Diego Mendoza-Moyers, San Antonio Express-News, 16 May 2022
  • One megawatt can power 200 Texas homes in the heat of summer.
    Rye Druzin, Houston Chronicle, 13 July 2018
  • The Falcon 9 refers to the nine engines that power its first stage.
    Craig Bailey, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2022
  • That helped power the benchmark to one of its best first-halfs in the past 20 years.
    Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 1 July 2021
  • For most people, 15 minutes should be enough to power through the rest of the work day.
    Jenna Ryu, USA TODAY, 25 Aug. 2021
  • 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
  • That leaves many of the workers who power Branson with a tough choice.
    Richard Fausset, BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2023
  • This is not the year to dismiss your stress or force yourself to power through it.
    Macaela MacKenzie, Glamour, 16 Dec. 2020
  • New York is well equipped to power through a crisis, or at least try.
    Sarah Maslin Nir, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2022
  • This needs a lot more chaos energy to power it past the rough spots.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2022
  • Simply plug them in or power them up and take back the yard to enjoy a bug-free zone.
    Travel + Leisure, 26 June 2020
  • But who are the men and women powering the church behind the protest?
    Justin L. MacK, Indianapolis Star, 3 July 2018
  • 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
  • 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
  • Take a moment to decompress from the day and then power down.
    Lauren Smith, Good Housekeeping, 11 Sep. 2017
  • For all these devices’ ills, no one seems ready to power them down quite yet.
    Travis M. Andrews, Washington Post, 1 July 2020
  • If the phone is not near you or not powered on, activate Lost Mode.
    Peter Martin, Popular Mechanics, 22 Oct. 2018
  • The drone was powered by a blue battery pack and carried a dummy bomb.
    IEEE Spectrum, 10 Apr. 2024
  • But the small engines that power most lawn equipment haven't made as much progress.
    CBS News, 10 Dec. 2021
  • Many of those messages are the tips, photos, and rumors that power the feed.
    Kara Brown, Marie Claire, 1 Mar. 2019
  • That’s half the price of a new rickshaw powered by natural gas.
    Clifford Krauss, New York Times, 9 Dec. 2023
  • The battery packs that help power the MS Roald Amundsen are each about four yards in length.
    Time, 13 June 2023
  • Once the device is no longer submerged, power it off right away.
    Boone Ashworth, Wired, 1 Feb. 2021
  • The pandemic rattled its business and many of the hosts who power it.
    Kaya Yurieff, CNN, 22 Oct. 2020
  • Those were the three key groups who powered his victory.
    Ronald Brownstein, The Atlantic, 7 Dec. 2016
  • 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

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