in one's power
Example Sentences
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To agree to pray is a hearty promise also to do all in one's power to work with the Lord.
From Health, Healing, and Faith by Conwell, Russell H.
One must do everything in one's power to spare an honourable gentleman such a humiliation.
From Countess Erika's Apprenticeship by Schubin, Ossip
"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
To what a gigantic growth the temptation must rush up each time that one thinks she is utterly in one's power!
From The Devil's Garden by Maxwell, W. B.
One can only promise what is in one's power," urged Richard; "your daughter's heart is not yours to give.
From Bred in the Bone by Payn, James
