How to Use empowered in a Sentence

empowered

adjective
  • Their strong way of being, so empowered, filled me with desire.
    Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 28 Apr. 2023
  • They’re supposed to be the empowered and self-sufficient ones.
    Annie Lord, Vogue, 20 Feb. 2023
  • But there is no obligation to do so, and teams clearly feel more empowered to swipe players under the new rules.
    BostonGlobe.com, 25 Sep. 2021
  • Having concrete information about what’s going on in the world will make both of you feel more empowered.
    The Editors, Good Housekeeping, 11 Aug. 2020
  • Students are more empowered and faculty members are no longer held up as demigods.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Perhaps there wouldn’t be Ukraine, but there certainly would be a very empowered Russia.
    Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2023
  • Because there is such a high demand for labor across the country, workers feel more empowered to ask for more from their employers, Fine said.
    Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2021
  • All that means that despite the sizable amounts of money flowing into red states from the IRA, Republicans feel pretty empowered to tear the law apart.
    Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 21 Apr. 2023
  • An empowered consumer is a consumer able to shop, consume and choose not to consume cannabis with confidence at a level that serves them and not a company.
    Philip Wolf, Rolling Stone, 29 Apr. 2022
  • My goal was to make the talent look as cool, empowered, energetic as possible.
    Brandon Choe, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2023
  • When a leader is open and inviting to new ideas and opinions from team members, employees often feel more empowered to do their jobs and perform better.
    Hayden Stafford, Forbes, 7 June 2022
  • To help women learn the game without embarrassment and feel more empowered to continue the tradition among friends and family, the product includes instructions on how to play and a handy glossary.
    Victoria Leandra, refinery29.com, 13 Dec. 2022
  • Those calls have now largely stopped; and by lowering the need for managerial intervention, Walgreens’ A.I. has made the pharmacists feel more empowered.
    Shervin Khodabandeh, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2022
  • By providing support across all areas of employee well-being, the new EAP can help employees feel more empowered to manage their overall well-being.
    Stephen Sokoler, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2023
  • With an empowered right wing in a narrow Republican majority, Congress could soon find itself in two more standoffs.
    Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2023
  • But the Taliban’s empowered clerical leaders believe they have been called by God to wage an eternal war of ideas against devilish enemies of Islam and must remain vigilant.
    Steve Coll, The New York Review of Books, 1 June 2023
  • The song narrates a woman’s journey that begins after heartbreak, going from vulnerable to empowered and ready to leave a toxic relationship.
    Billboard Staff, Billboard, 4 Feb. 2022
  • Forming a trusting relationship with a health care team can not only help a patient feel more empowered, but also create a more seamless experience for accessing care.
    Nina Solis, Health.com, 7 June 2021
  • Remember, advocating for mental health and community-building resources, rather than asking about more active shooter drills and locked windows, is more likely to help children feel empowered and safer.
    Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Another way to feel empowered is to engage in activities with organizations that work towards social change.
    Alvin Thomas, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 June 2020
  • Grinage says connecting with other people who share your fears and frustration, and collaborating to identify possible solutions, can help those who feel hopeless become more empowered.
    Zulekha Nathoo, USA TODAY, 2 Feb. 2023
  • March said creating a family-like atmosphere where individuals feel empowered and successful is a top priority.
    Segann March, The Enquirer, 13 Aug. 2020
  • Artificially suppressed during the period of super-empowered central banks and historically regarded by business as a sort of driverless car, impossible to model, geopolitical risk has moved to center-stage.
    Tina Fordham, Forbes, 2 Apr. 2023

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