How to Use all-powerful in a Sentence

all-powerful

adjective
  • The good news is that both the hype and fears of all-powerful AI are likely overblown.
    Will Oremus, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2023
  • The idea that Jews are dangerous and all-powerful is a lie.
    Sacha Baron Cohen, Time, 26 Aug. 2023
  • One of the many lessons the great poem offers is that even the bravest fighters, even those most favored by all-powerful gods, will not be saved.
    Claudia Roth Pierpont, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
  • Let other film festivals fret about the future of the movie business and pander to the all-powerful streamers.
    Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Betty Gilpin stars as a nun from Reno who goes up against the titular all-powerful algorithm — yes, it’s named Mrs. Davis.
    Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Apr. 2023
  • And then there’s Jesus Christ himself, played with an air of near-silent cool by Nicholas Pinnock, only revealed to be the all-powerful man behind the robe later on in the film.
    Alex Ritman, Variety, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Some have surely written Green off as a once-promising talent who sold his soul to the all-powerful Hollywood cash grab.
    Vulture, 6 Oct. 2023
  • For the sequel, one group that West focused much of her attention on was the Bene Gesserit—an all-powerful sisterhood.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Perhaps this is not the age of the all-powerful choreographer, but that of dancers finally being allowed to claim their voices for themselves.
    Madison Mainwaring, The New Republic, 19 Apr. 2023
  • For more than a week, Haiti’s all-powerful gangs have terrorized Port-au-Prince, attacking the airport, port, government buildings and at least a dozen of the city’s police stations.
    Amanda Coletta, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2024
  • And if Barca don't come out of those meetings to the satisfaction of the all-powerful entorno, or environment, that surrounds the Blaugrana, he will again be taken to task.
    Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
  • There was a time when all-powerful media titans showed a tin ear towards creativity.
    Time, 28 July 2023
  • The company is sharing this to more acts, and the real benefit is that the streamer’s all-powerful algorithm takes it into account.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
  • As the saga recommences, Wick has declared war on the High Table, which is not a club for standing-desk enthusiasts but rather an elite, all-powerful assassins’ council.
    Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Choosing to ignore Grandmamah, Ruby instead trusts this fishy new friend, who’s clearly using her to find the all-powerful magic trident.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 15 June 2023
  • The intimidating myth of an all-powerful military in Pakistan has been smashed in public view.
    Christina Goldbaum, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2024
  • The all-powerful dollar has helped the U.S. maintain superpower status for decades, including by letting Uncle Sam borrow on the cheap.
    Jeff John Roberts, Fortune Crypto, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Nobody has ever answered, at least to everybody’s satisfaction, the essential question raised in the Book of Job: Why would an all-powerful, all-loving God allow evil to exist in the first place?
    Louis Bayard, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Take what Dominion learned in the trial’s discovery process about the supposedly all-powerful Murdoch, one of the world’s wealthiest people.
    Matt Pearce, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Adanson is a scientist, convinced that human reason is all-powerful.
    Anderson Tepper, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Google and Microsoft pitch their AI helpers as knowing your communications, personal habits and what’s happening in the world to act as all-powerful assistants.
    Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Unfortunately, these events also serve as a reminder that, despite its best intentions, the United States is not an all-powerful force that can bring peace into existence.
    Daniel Depetris, The Mercury News, 4 Jan. 2024
  • In addition to writing about God’s unfailing love, Guthrie also addresses the tough questions that people of faith may grapple with: Why would an all-powerful God allow suffering?
    Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Another recently warned his colleagues, and Mr. Ceferin, that creating an all-powerful president went against the spirit of the overhauls enacted to avoid a repeat of past scandals.
    Tariq Panja, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2024
  • Set in Apartheid-era South Africa, Cooper, a white detective with a dangerous secret, joins forces with a constable linked to the liberation movement and a surgeon tortured by loss, the logline runs, to defy the country’s all-powerful police force.
    Pablo Sandoval, Variety, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Online influencers have seized on the idea that ChatGPT is an all-powerful technology that offers a tantalizing path to easy money.
    Pranshu Verma, Washington Post, 15 May 2023
  • Even the most gorgeous, beautiful locations and settings somehow seem drab and horrible, and these all-powerful characters feel ridiculous and idiotic as any of us.
    Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Nov. 2023
  • The party-line vote by Schumer’s caucus will only embolden this administration’s view that laws are just suggestions to an all-powerful executive branch.
    The Editors, National Review, 19 Apr. 2024
  • This all-powerful detergent is scientifically engineered to remove strong sweat and odor from your activewear, while also helping to extend its life.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Tangled up in its ever-proliferating storylines, is Ajay, born in Uttar Pradesh to a low-caste family ruined by members of a thuggish, all-powerful family.
    Katherine A. Powers, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2023

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