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puissant

[pyoo-uh-suhnt, pyoo-is-uhnt, pwis-uhnt] / ˈpju ə sənt, pjuˈɪs ənt, ˈpwɪs ənt /


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Kai A. Ealy offers a puissant portrayal of Oedipus’ traitorous son Polynecies and Jason Huysman, donning a white suit and cruelly manipulative demeanor, makes a vivid impression as Creon.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 8, 2023

The play, he writes, is “smart, compact and stirring” and “seems destined to have a life as a puissant postscript to Ibsen’s masterwork.”

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 22, 2017

The Royal Nappy , on the other hand, is focused on the business end of the puissant infant, as you might expect from the chap who brought you The Queen's Knickers and Cinderella's Bum.

From The Guardian Jul. 19, 2013

Charles MacVeagh, U. S. Ambassador to Japan, puissant barrister, Manhattan aristocrat, became suspect last week of being a descendant of the famed "Wise Men of Gotham."

From Time Magazine Archive

But 367’s most puissant weapon in this frothy olympiad was the prodigious guzzling powers of Butch Brannon.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy




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