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.
