powerful

Definition:
1. Having great power or force or potency or effect.
2. Strong enough to knock down or overwhelm.
3. Having the power to influence or convince.
4. (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful.

Use 'powerful' in a sentence:

• 1. When you have a songbook as powerful as Dylan's, why not use it.
• 2. As we saw in the preceding chapter, groups can be powerful agents of socialization.
• 3. This system uses powerful microchips to compress huge amounts of data onto a CD-ROM.
• 4. He displayed determination as well as powerful oratory.
• 5. A powerful human drama was unfolding before our eyes.
• 6. A deal between the two powerful institutions would have created a banking monolith.
• 7. In some works, flowers take on a powerful emblematic quality.
• 8. It is important to understand the powerful economic and social forces at work behind our own actions.
• 9. Hans flexed his powerful muscles.
• 10. Japan is wealthier and more powerful than ever before.
• 11. Analysts warned that Europe's most powerful economy may be facing trouble.
• 12. The government wilted in the face of such powerful pressure.
• 13. The Greeks are still powerful players in world shipping.
• 14. For years the army was the most powerful political force in the country.
• 15. You're a powerful man — people will listen to you.
• 16. You're a powerful man – people will listen to you.
• 17. This kind of fierce nationalism is a powerful and potentially volatile force.
• 18. He had become too powerful for their liking.
• 19. It's such a big powerful dog.
• 20. This powerful drug is used to tranquilize patients undergoing surgery.
• 21. Desire for status can be a powerful motivator.
• 22. There was a powerful smell of stale beer.
• 23. There seems to be an insatiable demand for more powerful computers.
• 24. People make cutting remarks to help themselves feel superior or powerful.
• 25. The threat of sanctions is our most powerful lever for peace.
• 26. In the old Liberal party the peace movement was a powerful voice.
• 27. The more powerful the car the more difficult it is to handle.
• 28. A powerful electric current is passed through a piece of graphite.
• 29. This is a powerful endorsement for his softer style of government.
• 30. I wasn't sure if I could handle such a powerful car.
• 31. He elevated many of his friends to powerful positions within the government.
• 32. You need a powerful saw to cut through metal.
• 33. The video cameras are linked to a powerful computer.
• 34. The rich and powerful make the decisions ─ that's the way of the world.
• 35. His powerful serve was too much for the defending champion.
• 36. A powerful snow storm is moving eastward.
• 37. Only the intervention of powerful friends obtained her release.
• 38. The expansion of higher education should be a powerful force for change.
• 39. He showed how the rich and powerful can abuse their position.
• 40. The media has a powerful influence on public opinion.
• 41. Cities have a powerful magnetizing effect on young people.
• 42. The machine directs a powerful beam at the affected part of the body.
• 43. CDTV uses a CD-ROM system that is coupled to a powerful computer.
• 44. His speech was a powerful spur to action.
• 45. The new device emits a powerful circular column of light.
• 46. A powerful device exploded outside the station.