in one's power
Example Sentences
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"But is it always in one's power to pass on one's possessions?" questioned Max.
From The Keeper of the Door by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)
And then, Fanny, the glory of fixing one who has been shot at by so many; of having it in one's power to pay off the debts of one's sex!
From Mansfield Park by Austen, Jane
It were a pity not to give a human document of this kind all the honour in one's power.
From The House with the Green Shutters by Brown, George Douglas
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)
"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
