How to Use powerfully in a Sentence

powerfully

adverb

• The woman was chesty, the man powerfully built, the curves of his thighs yearning for the curves of hers.
  — Dave Eggers, Wired, 30 Sep. 2021
• Views of Earth from space have, in the past, powerfully shifted the way humans see the planet.
  — Kayla Randall, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Oct. 2024
• Shoot for the Stars joins a song from 2019’s Meet the Woo in taking on a powerfully elegiac meaning.
  — Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 7 July 2020
• In the world of fashion, few names bring legacy to mind as powerfully as Ralph Lauren.
  — Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2022
• This hit me most powerfully while stuck in one last parade.
  — Jon Mooallem Andrea Frazzetta, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2023
• In a Lakers world where the front office is always right, the blame rolls swift and powerfully and very much downhill.
  — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2021
• President Biden said it very frankly and very powerfully from Brownsville, Texas, just a few days ago.
  — CBS News, 3 Mar. 2024
• With a powerfully raw script and a gritty aesthetic, the film captured two men at the end of their grubby ropes.
  — Debby Wolfinsohn, EW.com, 11 Apr. 2023
• Press powerfully off the floor to raise yourself back to the starting position.
  — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 8 Aug. 2023
• His ropey dresses that hug the collarbones and stretch across the hips are some powerfully erotic stuff.
  — Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 20 Sep. 2022
• Choice of narrative point of view powerfully shapes the substance of a novel.
  — Hazlitt, 20 Sep. 2023
• The home ownership gap isn’t anything new — what’s new is the chance to powerfully address it.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2021
• Crowley’s powerfully simple set of plain screens stands deep down the huge thrust stage, with the audience wrapped around three sides.
  — David Benedict, Variety, 8 Dec. 2021
• As in the 1890s, getting rich is powerfully in fashion.
  — Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2020
• Plus, Young and Crazy Horse are at the top of their game, with Young strutting the stage and powerfully delivering the album from start to finish.
  — Scott Bauer, chicagotribune.com, 2 Nov. 2020
• Gender was almost as powerfully in play for women in the West.
  — New York Times, 11 July 2021
• At the same time, the lagging Nasdaq powerfully recovered to a 2.6% gain.
  — Q.ai - Investing Reimagined, Forbes, 5 Apr. 2021
• Once again the white suit rears its powerfully symbolic head.
  — Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2023
• God’s love, expressed most powerfully in our Lord Jesus, offers comfort, hope, and strength for the tasks ahead.
  — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 1 Sep. 2022
• Then, for the squat walk to jump, quickly and powerfully stand from your squat position, raising your hands above your head, instead of jumping at the end.
  — Christa Sgobba, SELF, 27 Dec. 2022
• Striking while the irons were hot, our team of testers glided over cotton, linen, and satin to see which irons most powerfully pushed out creases and stubborn bumps.
  — Janine Henni, PEOPLE.com, 15 Apr. 2022
• In some places, the telegraph devices tapped so powerfully that the paper that recorded their signals caught fire.
  — Ethan Siegel, Forbes, 8 June 2021
• The virus most powerfully hijacks a kinase called CK2, which plays a key role in the basic frame of the cell as well as its growth, proliferation and death.
  — Mark Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 June 2020
• The bun holds extra-long and powerfully hot tenders, with a cooling sauce and slaw that lightly mitigate the burn.
  — Sharyn Jackson, Star Tribune, 4 Nov. 2020
• What strikes one most powerfully seeing them again, and so many of them all at once, is their intimacy.
  — Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2021
• His portrayal was a direct testament to the talent and depth of Williams, the actor who brought him so powerfully to life.
  — Michael Arceneaux, Essence, 24 May 2022
• The bigger a team makes its purpose, the faster and more powerfully the energy level among that team rises.
  — Hubert Joly, Fortune, 28 Nov. 2022
• This vacuum works powerfully to pick up pet hair and other allergens off the floor and out of carpet fibers.
  — Savannah Smith, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2024
• The gentleness of your first show, a men’s collection, resonated powerfully at a moment when gender issues have been at the forefront of the cultural conversation.
  — Bridget Foley, WWD, 27 Sep. 2024
• This idyllic, simple scene is quintessential to the core story Malcom is framing which is for Black folks to be powerfully rooted and grounded in family despite turmoil and trouble.
  — Malik William, Essence, 4 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024