puissance
Example Sentences
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The reboot arrives at the peak of reggaeton’s pop puissance, and rightfully incorporates a lot more of the genre and its offshoots — Latin trap included.
From Washington Post • Jan. 7, 2022
Brandi Carlile, tearing through her song “The Joke” with folk puissance, was the most emotional and the all-around best performer of the night.
From The New Yorker • Feb. 11, 2019
The puissance does not count towards the leading rider award.
From BBC • Dec. 20, 2012
Pepsi-Cola embraced the puissance of “Generation Next,” the New York Mets used “Generation K” to play up the prospects of three young pitchers and Parade, the Sunday newspaper magazine, has run articles about “Generation Wired.”
From New York Times • Sep. 9, 2012
‘A l'extérieur chêtif et misérable des premières, ceux-ci opposent un air de majesté et de puissance; à la rudesse de leurs traits, une affabilité soutenue; à leur abord inquiet et soucieux, une figure très épanouie.’
From Philological Proofs of the Original Unity and Recent Origin of the Human Race by Johnes, Arthur James
Vocabulary lists containing puissance
Henry IV, Part 2
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