puissance

Example Sentences

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Thus, the interviewer knew when to let the tension do the talking instead of probing wounds until they bled, demonstrating the puissance of eloquent silence.

From Salon

Thursday's puissance and Saturday's jumping World Cup are the biggest remaining highlights, particularly a clash in the latter between leading British showjumpers Scott Brash and Ben Maher.

From BBC

The puissance does not count towards the leading rider award.

From BBC

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

It has, in days gone by, given great offence to French writers, who spoke of l’ombrageuse puissance with displeasure.

From Project Gutenberg