in one's power
Example Sentences
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"A man to worship, to sacrifice all and everything to, that it was in one's power to sacrifice."
From Cynthia Wakeham's Money by Green, Anna Katharine
Well then, of course such people are entirely in one's power, if one only had time and inclination to notice them.
From Sybil, or the Two Nations by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield
There are really two kinds of fear—that arising from a realization of the importance of what is to be done, the other from a lack of confidence in one's power.
From Caruso and Tetrazzini on the Art of Singing by Caruso, Enrico
They are really a loss of confidence in one's power to do things and a passing astasia-abasia.
From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
There is not only no credit at the present day in wishing so much, but it is discreditable not to do what lies in one's power to further its accomplishment.
From Social Rights and Duties, Volume I (of 2) Addresses to Ethical Societies by Stephen, Leslie, Sir
