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"Potent" in a Sentence (20 examples)
His influence is still potent.
New Year shrine visit; which shrines are potent?
Violent extremists have exploited these tensions in a small but potent minority of Muslims.
This snake's venom is very potent.
Emissions of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) — which are potent greenhouse gases — are expected to double by 2020 and nearly triple by 2030 in the U.S.
Astronomers believe the Great Red Spot is caused by a potent hurricane-like storm system in Jupiter's atmosphere.
Imagination is a very potent tool.
Lead is a potent neurotoxin.
Race remains a potent and often divisive force in our society.
"This more, besides, I charge thee to obey, / if any faith to Helenus be due, / or skill in prophecy the seer display, / and mighty Phoebus hath inspired me true, / these warning words I urge, and oft will urge anew: / Seek Juno first; great Juno's power adore; / with suppliant gifts the potent queen constrain, / and winds shall waft thee to Italia's shore."
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harsh and potent injuries
Little disappointed, then, she turned attention to "Chat of the Social World," gossip which exercised potent fascination upon the girl's intelligence.
When the party reach the bridegroom's house on their return, his mother and the other women come out, and burn a little mustard and human hair in a lamp, the unpleasant smell emitted by these articles being considered potent to drive away evil spirits.
Still today, 400 years on, they remain potent wounds indeed: “When I think of what Oñate did to the Acoma Pueblo,” said a member of Sandia Pueblo in 1998 during the fourth centennial of his conquest, “I have a vision of Indian men lined up to have one foot cut off.”
a potent argument
Moses once more his potent rod extends.
Moreover, her going was a sufficient reason for Hortense accompanying her; and Mazarin hoped as much from her beautiful face as from all the other potent reasons with which he had charged his negotiators.
a potent drink; a potent solvent; a potent medicine
Richardson took over, and Mitchell proceeded to the refreshment room in his turn, but when he came back some ten minutes later, it was evident that he had been indulging in something more potent than coffee, and he was in a very muddled state.
Cry, havock , kings! back to the stained field, You equal potents
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