How to Use power in a Sentence

power

1 of 3 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
• Richard Blake understands the power of a Fort Worth sunrise.
  — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Apr. 2024

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power

2 of 3 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
• The device itself is powered with its own OS, dubbed Cosmos.
  — Kyle Barr / Gizmodo, Quartz, 11 Apr. 2024

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power

3 of 3 adjective

• The car comes equipped with power windows.
• The Aztecs are the only non-power conference school among the final five.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Sep. 2021
• The Lower lake is reserved for canoeing, non-power boating and swimming from mid-May to mid-September.
  — Megan Marples, CNN, 3 Feb. 2022
• For the third time in as many games Richard Pitino's Gophers found themselves being outplayed during one half at home against a non-power conference opponent this season.
  — Marcus Fuller, Star Tribune, 4 Dec. 2020
• Non-power five schools receive hundreds of thousands of dollars to more than $1 million from guarantee games to fund their athletic departments.
  — From Staff and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 11 July 2020
• The little things stood out during Joe Biden’s sober nine-minute Tuesday afternoon speech addressing the most serious super-power crisis of this century.
  — Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 22 Feb. 2022
• Why does America, a super-power, celebrate such an important holiday with a turkey?
  — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 24 Nov. 2021
• Currently, only a handful of states allow securitization, while some are actively using it to transition from coal to clean-power plants.
  — Jakob Puckett, National Review, 28 May 2021
• To co-power community leaders and organizational partners to fundamentally transform the culture in which decision making occurs.
  — USA Today, 31 Aug. 2020
• The car comes equipped with power windows.
• The Aztecs are the only non-power conference school among the final five.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Sep. 2021
• The Lower lake is reserved for canoeing, non-power boating and swimming from mid-May to mid-September.
  — Megan Marples, CNN, 3 Feb. 2022
• For the third time in as many games Richard Pitino's Gophers found themselves being outplayed during one half at home against a non-power conference opponent this season.
  — Marcus Fuller, Star Tribune, 4 Dec. 2020
• Non-power five schools receive hundreds of thousands of dollars to more than $1 million from guarantee games to fund their athletic departments.
  — From Staff and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 11 July 2020
• The little things stood out during Joe Biden’s sober nine-minute Tuesday afternoon speech addressing the most serious super-power crisis of this century.
  — Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 22 Feb. 2022
• Why does America, a super-power, celebrate such an important holiday with a turkey?
  — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 24 Nov. 2021
• Currently, only a handful of states allow securitization, while some are actively using it to transition from coal to clean-power plants.
  — Jakob Puckett, National Review, 28 May 2021
• To co-power community leaders and organizational partners to fundamentally transform the culture in which decision making occurs.
  — USA Today, 31 Aug. 2020
• The car comes equipped with power windows.
• The Aztecs are the only non-power conference school among the final five.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Sep. 2021
• The Lower lake is reserved for canoeing, non-power boating and swimming from mid-May to mid-September.
  — Megan Marples, CNN, 3 Feb. 2022
• For the third time in as many games Richard Pitino's Gophers found themselves being outplayed during one half at home against a non-power conference opponent this season.
  — Marcus Fuller, Star Tribune, 4 Dec. 2020
• Non-power five schools receive hundreds of thousands of dollars to more than $1 million from guarantee games to fund their athletic departments.
  — From Staff and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 11 July 2020
• The little things stood out during Joe Biden’s sober nine-minute Tuesday afternoon speech addressing the most serious super-power crisis of this century.
  — Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 22 Feb. 2022
• Why does America, a super-power, celebrate such an important holiday with a turkey?
  — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 24 Nov. 2021
• Currently, only a handful of states allow securitization, while some are actively using it to transition from coal to clean-power plants.
  — Jakob Puckett, National Review, 28 May 2021
• To co-power community leaders and organizational partners to fundamentally transform the culture in which decision making occurs.
  — USA Today, 31 Aug. 2020

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024