How to Use all-powerful in a Sentence

all-powerful

adjective
  • The good news is that both the hype and fears of all-powerful AI are likely overblown.
    Will Oremus, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2023
  • The idea that Jews are dangerous and all-powerful is a lie.
    Sacha Baron Cohen, Time, 26 Aug. 2023
  • That was exactly what the founders sought to avoid, having thrown off the yoke of an all-powerful monarch.
    Peter Baker, New York Times, 2 June 2024
  • One of the many lessons the great poem offers is that even the bravest fighters, even those most favored by all-powerful gods, will not be saved.
    Claudia Roth Pierpont, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
  • But the fact remains that in the universe of the show, it’s believed that the all-powerful John Dutton killed himself inches from the toilet.
    William Earl, Variety, 25 Nov. 2024
  • But who exactly is Knull, the all-powerful creator of the symbiotes?
    Jordan Moreau, Variety, 25 Oct. 2024
  • The systems that have been built against us already have the advantage of being all-powerful.
    Nicole Froio, refinery29.com, 29 Oct. 2024
  • This is a signal that the all-powerful dividend magnet would pull the stock higher.
    Brett Owens, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Let other film festivals fret about the future of the movie business and pander to the all-powerful streamers.
    Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Most colonies were run by planters or all-powerful governors.
    Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 20 Aug. 2024
  • Betty Gilpin stars as a nun from Reno who goes up against the titular all-powerful algorithm — yes, it’s named Mrs. Davis.
    Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Apr. 2023
  • We would not be governed by an all-powerful king or sovereign.
    Editorial Board, Washington Post, 3 July 2024
  • And then there’s Jesus Christ himself, played with an air of near-silent cool by Nicholas Pinnock, only revealed to be the all-powerful man behind the robe later on in the film.
    Alex Ritman, Variety, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Not one that isn’t blocked by an all-powerful boomer who’s been perched in a corner office since the Bush administration.
    Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Some have surely written Green off as a once-promising talent who sold his soul to the all-powerful Hollywood cash grab.
    Vulture, 6 Oct. 2023
  • For the sequel, one group that West focused much of her attention on was the Bene Gesserit—an all-powerful sisterhood.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 26 Feb. 2024
  • But also, with how fast the coaching carousel spins these days, and how all-powerful star players tend to be, a team with a leader with actual cachet goes a long way.
    Mirjam Swanson, Orange County Register, 30 May 2024
  • Now’s the time to re-learn the message that a suppressive, all-powerful government cannot control every iota of life.
    The Know, The Denver Post, 9 July 2024
  • Or why did Schlumberger himself reference the brilliance of sun rays in his archival pieces or the all-powerful star in his old design sketches?
    Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2024
  • Our parents were neither immortal nor all-powerful—that was bad enough news.
    Rosanna Warren, Harper's Magazine, 25 June 2024
  • The sun was punishing us, likely for no longer worshiping it as an all-powerful deity.
    Roberto Baldwin, WIRED, 24 Sep. 2024
  • Perhaps this is not the age of the all-powerful choreographer, but that of dancers finally being allowed to claim their voices for themselves.
    Madison Mainwaring, The New Republic, 19 Apr. 2023
  • By the season finale, the X-Men are able to save the world again, before the core team is sent into what will be one of the key storylines for Season 2, involving the all-powerful mutant Apocalypse.
    Adam B. Vary, Variety, 18 May 2024
  • For more than a week, Haiti’s all-powerful gangs have terrorized Port-au-Prince, attacking the airport, port, government buildings and at least a dozen of the city’s police stations.
    Amanda Coletta, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2024
  • From director James Gunn, Guardians of the Galaxy followed a ragtag group of space criminals who come together to save the universe from a villain and his all-powerful orb.
    Jessica Wang, EW.com, 10 May 2024
  • And if Barca don't come out of those meetings to the satisfaction of the all-powerful entorno, or environment, that surrounds the Blaugrana, he will again be taken to task.
    Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
  • There was a time when all-powerful media titans showed a tin ear towards creativity.
    Time, 28 July 2023
  • The company is sharing this to more acts, and the real benefit is that the streamer’s all-powerful algorithm takes it into account.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
  • As the saga recommences, Wick has declared war on the High Table, which is not a club for standing-desk enthusiasts but rather an elite, all-powerful assassins’ council.
    Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Companies that see the all-powerful wizard and miss the man behind the curtain will make architectural decisions that lock them into another decade of more of the same.
    Mike Bushong, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024

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