How to Use empower in a Sentence

empower

verb
  • My hope is that we are empowered.
    — Brande Victorian, HollywoodReporter, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Corona feels very empowered by the role and her two-way play.
    — Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
  • My hope is that these stories empower them.
    — Abdi Nazemian, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025
  • If that’s empowering for you, then do that.
    — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 18 Mar. 2026
  • But one of the best things fashion can do is inspire us, and even empower us.
    — Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 24 Feb. 2022
  • By evening, when the Moon moves into your sign, you are empowered!
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Some are empowered and evolved and some are truncated and lost.
    — Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Horn feels empowered, not just by the contract, but by his bosses.
    — Charlotte Observer, 18 Sep. 2025
  • People need to be empowered to make these tools work best for them—and not the other way around.
    — WIRED, 27 Sep. 2023
  • But this practice empowers us, too.
    — Juli Fraga, Time, 23 Sep. 2025
  • That’s why the borrower should be empowered, not the lender, to choose.
    — Jeff Lazerson, Oc Register, 28 May 2026
  • Her mission is to empower women and girls by showing that it can be done.
    — Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Not to replace human taste – but to empower it.
    — Magnus Resch, ARTnews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
  • To empower them to not be part of the problem, but part of the solution.
    — Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2025
  • On the contrary, your day to day is full of moments that empower you as a woman.
    — Leila Cobo, Billboard, 7 May 2022
  • How much did Alvin empower you to be more rebellious as a kid?
    — Steve Knopper, Billboard, 1 Dec. 2023
  • And the man who hired him has empowered Ujiri to make his own decision.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 May 2026
  • That does not, however, empower you to say so to either of them.
    — Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2021
  • This past year has been an empowering year for women in music.
    — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Today Shaw feels empowered to tell her side of the nightmare.
    — Johnny Dodd, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Call a meeting of all front-office staff and tell them they’ll be empowered, not ignored.
    — Stephen J. Nesbitt, New York Times, 24 June 2026
  • Members of that bloc might be reluctant to make any changes, since the rule is the very thing that empowers them.
    — Carl Hulse, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2023
  • Rixy paints women of color in bold colors with a sense of self and a mission to empower.
    — Jeneé Osterheldt, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Sep. 2022
  • Think about enlisting the aid of a life coach who can empower you to pursue your future dreams.
    — Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 17 Nov. 2021
  • Baez gave the actress her blessing in a way that felt both freeing and empowering.
    — Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Employees must be empowered as the first line of defense.
    — Chuck Brooks, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Makeathons can be a great way to empower and engage the youth in the decision-making process.
    — Scistarter Team, Discover Magazine, 14 Jan. 2023
  • The manner in which we’ve been empowered to do it is to pursue excellence.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 23 June 2026
  • The state empowers local police to enforce the laws and all hell hasn’t broken loose.
    — Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 4 Sep. 2025
  • For patients, that shift can be empowering.
    — Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 13 Mar. 2026

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