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4 total sentences available.
"That shan't happen again," Fortunatus said to himself, and they started to ride at each other again. This time, Fortunatus's spear met his foe so powerfully that he flew from his horse like a ball and lay dead on the earth.
Source: tatoeba (6622499)
Gabor was powerfully built.
Source: tatoeba (11968425)
Monday was International Day of Democracy and the theme this year was "Engaging Young People in Democracy." U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said that "powerfully underscores the importance of youth in building and preserving democracy." He added that "Democratic societies are strong societies, because people are free to speak out against injustices and to discuss, debate and work together to drive positive change."
Source: tatoeba (12174076)
Little had been seen of £35m man Carroll until just after the restart when he twice rose powerfully to meet corners, forcing Louis Saha to clear acrobatically off the line and Howard to save low at his post.
Source: wiktionary
Closest matches include strongly, almighty, ardently, authoritatively, awfully.
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