potent

Example Sentences

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Mr. Jackson’s smart and singable libretto is a potent throughline, its surface comedy floating above a dark and—naturally—complicated view of the modern age.

From The Wall Street Journal

It itched and burned something close to fierce, but I just chalked that up to the The Mask’s potent power.

From Literature

But the way it tethers its bruised healers to the human condition’s laws of gravity is potent medicine for coping.

From Salon

He could clean up in the group stage, looking at India's opponents, and wrist spin is always a potent wicket threat as the tournament wears on.

From BBC

Historically, the most potent strategies for doing so relies less on troops than on finance—through sanctions, financial surveillance, and dollar dominance.

From Barron's