How to Use great power in a Sentence

great power

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  • There is great power in fashion—when it is used with intent.
    — Nikki Ogunnaike, Harper's BAZAAR, 27 Jan. 2021
  • There is great power in ignoring the cheap shots that do not matter.
    — Mike Sill, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2021
  • The mute button for a virtual teacher wields great power.
    — Tonilyn Hornung, Good Housekeeping, 11 Dec. 2020
  • Often the seeds of decline are planted at a time when a great power seems to be at the pinnacle of its control and influence.
    — Andrew A. Michta, National Review, 17 Jan. 2021
  • With great power competition heating up worldwide, this could translate to big trouble.
    — Elizabeth Shackelford, Twin Cities, 6 July 2024
  • China is a specific and acute form of great power competitor, namely a thucydidean rival.
    — CBS News, 11 Nov. 2020
  • That's now given us seven decades without great power war, a great achievement historically.
    — CBS News, 11 Nov. 2020
  • More often, though, the organization hosts great power tussles laced with rancor and ending in impasse.
    — John McWhorter, Washington Post, 15 Jan. 2021
  • With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus.
    — Amy Mitchell, Country Living, 19 Feb. 2021
  • The truth was that, having had great power in Congress, and then having been sidelined as vice president, Johnson keenly felt aware of his restrictions as president.
    — Judith Martin, WSJ, 12 Mar. 2021
  • And with great power comes great scrutiny – not least at the hands of the tabloid press.
    — Amanda Davies, CNN, 21 Mar. 2024
  • But like a great power chord, the reverb has been immense.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 June 2022
  • China harbors to become a great power, and the past three weeks have shown why.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 18 Mar. 2022
  • Words have great power, not only to change our minds but also to change our mood.
    — Andreea Vanacker, Forbes, 12 Nov. 2021
  • Spain was the great power in Europe as well as in South America.
    — Allan Massie, WSJ, 21 Apr. 2021
  • Our small District has great power, and Congress knows it.
    — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Here clearly was a man of force, vision, great power and endurance.
    — David A. Andelman, CNN, 31 Aug. 2022
  • Spider-Man is bringing great power to the 2021 box office.
    — Brendan Morrow, The Week, 17 Dec. 2021
  • The steering is secure, the cornering is stable, and there's great power for digging out of the turns.
    — Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Among the younger contingent, Holtje is ready to break out as someone who brings great power and control to the game both in the circle and at the plate.
    — Brent Kennedy, baltimoresun.com, 5 May 2021
  • Russia needs something to remind the world of its great power—now more than ever.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Vietnam is finding the center of a great power rivalry isn’t such a bad place to be.
    — Jon Emont, WSJ, 13 Dec. 2023
  • With the revival of great power competition on the scale of the Cold War, the ground for diplomacy has shifted.
    — Peter Baker, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Yanking on Britain’s colonies, Japan pulled the great power into the Pacific War.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, The Atlantic, 4 Apr. 2022
  • There is great power in being able to touch someone or transform their day, through a simple plate of food.
    — Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Dec. 2023
  • The result is that asset managers wield great power, though investors both large and small are angling to have more of a voice.
    — Ari I. Weinberg, WSJ, 9 Jan. 2022
  • Of course, with great power usually comes a great sticker price.
    — Dan Patterson, CBS News, 19 Oct. 2021
  • Putin likes to wave about his nuclear weapons as a reminder to the West (and perhaps to himself) that Russia is still a great power.
    — Nina Tannenwald, Scientific American, 10 Mar. 2022
  • In the upcoming show's first teaser trailer, Moiraine speaks about the great power that Aes Sedai members hold.
    — Dory Jackson, PEOPLE.com, 2 Sep. 2021
  • Germany celebrated its dominance in Europe and insisted on its rights as a great power, dismissing concerns about rules and norms of international behavior.
    — Odd Arne Westad, Foreign Affairs, 13 June 2024

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