How to Use superpower in a Sentence
superpower
noun-
The acid in buttermilk is the key to its superpowers in the kitchen.
— Carly Westerfield, Bon Appétit, 27 Sep. 2023 -
The age of drone warfare is here, and Ukraine wants to be a superpower.
— Justin Ling, WIRED, 2 May 2024 -
The world wants to know: What kind of superpower will America be in the years to come?
— New York Times, 3 Nov. 2024 -
The pups are back on the big screen with new superpowers and a new adventure.
— Tanay Howard, Parents, 28 Sep. 2023 -
Because his superpower is to see the good in others and bring that out in them.
— Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Sep. 2022 -
The first person that needs to believe in your superpower is you.
— Luciana Paulise, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023 -
This is why now is the time to help leaders gain the superpower of compassion.
— Sanja Licina, Forbes, 15 June 2022 -
The only slippery banana on the show is the superpowers.
— Jennifer Maas, Variety, 3 Nov. 2023 -
Yet through the support of an emerging space superpower, Russia still has plans for the moon.
— WIRED, 20 Mar. 2023 -
Explore the World of Hip-Hop Over five decades, hip-hop has grown from a new art form to a culture-defining superpower.
— Salamishah Tillet, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2023 -
To my grade school mind, however, the braid was a superpower that was wasted on her.
— Parizaad Khan Sethi, Allure, 4 Oct. 2022 -
Like me, Kate didn’t feel like this ability to pass was any sort of superpower.
— Beth Ashley, refinery29.com, 7 Apr. 2022 -
For years, Boris Johnson’s superpower was his lack of shame.
— Adela Suliman, Washington Post, 7 July 2022 -
But if Russia, the erstwhile superpower, does lose its war in Ukraine, will that end Putin's grip on power?
— Peter Weber, The Week, 23 Jan. 2023 -
The great fear in 1997 was that this savage new virus would reassort once more, and gain the superpower of easy human-to-human spread.
— Boyce Upholt, The New Republic, 19 Sep. 2022 -
Your 'superpowers' are the strengths that distinctly set you apart.
— William Arruda, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2024 -
With a rising China, who is to say the U.S. wants to engage in—much less win—a war with another superpower?
— WSJ, 21 Mar. 2023 -
More about Jenna Wortham Over five decades, hip-hop has grown from a new art form to a culture-defining superpower.
— Jenna Wortham, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2023 -
And demographic change has us on trend to be a superpower of color in the near future.
— Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2022 -
This is a profound shift that will mark the end of Russia as an energy superpower.
— Nikos Tsafos For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 24 Mar. 2022 -
Vladimir Putin is waging a reckless war in an uncertain bid to recreate a superpower of the past.
— Robyn Dixon, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2022 -
They’re made to help the 19-year-old feel speedy and powerful on the court—after all, the Marvel mega-fan says her ideal superpower would be super-speed.
— Amanda Lucci, Women's Health, 28 Aug. 2023 -
My superpower is believing in teenagers, thanks to Colleen, who believed in me.
— Catherine Pearson, New York Times, 9 May 2024 -
Because there's still one superpower Morbius doesn't have: the license to green-light a sequel.
— Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 31 Mar. 2022 -
Freya, 17, said Payne’s superpower was keeping the dream of One Direction alive and the fans together.
— Variety, NBC News, 21 Oct. 2024 -
Can Christian Pulisic — if healthy — and the young American squad defy odds again and knock off a soccer superpower in the Netherlands?
— Chris Ilenstine, Chicago Tribune, 2 Dec. 2022 -
Glue a metal thimble to a silver ring blank to create a superpower ring.
— Terri Robertson, Country Living, 22 Aug. 2022 -
At their in-person wedding welcome party for about 80 guests, with fire pits and s’mores in Pescadero, Calif., a friend read a poem about superpowers.
— Perri Ormont Blumberg, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2023 -
The uncommitted will lose focus, but that’s your superpower.
— Jodie Cook, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024 -
Matty’s superpower is being able to observe human nature.
— Ronda Racha Penrice, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Nov. 2024
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