How to Use empowerment in a Sentence

empowerment

noun
  • And that, to me, is a kind of empowerment.
    — Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The key, Chynoweth says, is empowerment.
    — Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Since the late ‘80s, the artist has been the voice of women’s empowerment.
    — Essence, 18 Mar. 2026
  • For me, this is where my deepest and most fulfilling form of empowerment came from.
    — Destiny Bennett, Parents, 15 Sep. 2023
  • That there was empowerment in her life as well as her being exploited.
    — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 May 2023
  • For me, more than being a film about female empowerment, this is a film about male fragility.
    — TIME, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Stardust explains that the system can serve as a self-empowerment tool.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Alignment must be paired with empowerment.
    — Jane Sparrow, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
  • That feeling of empowerment is what Ross captures on-screen.
    — Essence, 8 Sep. 2025
  • There’s a lot more player empowerment, but the portal is a dangerous place as well.
    — Billy Witz, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Want a show about South Asian women empowerment.
    — Frank Racioppi, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
  • In circling the groom, the bride actively creates their home, an act of empowerment.
    — Samira Mehta, The Conversation, 30 June 2025
  • This is empowerment through resources, not just survival.
    — Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 12 Oct. 2025
  • This gym would provide a safe space for training, fitness, and empowerment for women.
    — Sindiswa Mabunda, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • And yet the series ends on a (slightly silly) note of female empowerment.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 27 May 2026
  • And for young readers today, the appeal can even border on self-empowerment.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
  • If the element of empowerment is missing, teams get frustrated and some may even shut down.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026
  • The talk was all about empowerment and co-operation.
    — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 25 May 2026
  • Another key theme in the report was the empowerment of parents.
    — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Their camaraderie on the waves and the sand embodies female empowerment in its purest form.
    — Photovogue, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2024
  • Each look is made-to-order to minimize waste, with female empowerment crucial to the brand.
    — Cristina Manfredi, WWD, 21 June 2024
  • There is plenty of player empowerment to implement the game plan.
    — Mark Carey, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Her own empowerment built with the Sagittarius songs, which came together as the world re-opened.
    — Steve Hochman, SPIN, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Supporters frame it as an empowerment shift — a way to give families more control.
    — Dr. Céline Gounder, CBS News, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Knowing which machines to use—and when—instilled a sense of empowerment and belonging.
    — Lydia Wang, Women's Health, 7 Apr. 2023
  • This has become the shorthand for the way that companies and their platforms start out with this promise of empowerment.
    — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 19 June 2026
  • In this eerie tale about fear, lust, and female empowerment, the real question becomes whether this is an act of witchcraft—or a witch hunt.
    — Shannon Carlin, Time, 22 May 2025
  • Access to care will allow more of these groups to stay in the workforce, and creates more economic empowerment.
    — Rhett Buttle, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
  • This 19-year-old has style in her genes and knew how to show it off with a flamboyant red dress that screamed empowerment in a visual way.
    — Teresa Romero Martínez, Glamour, 7 Jan. 2024
  • Aside from women’s empowerment, what other initiatives stand out this year?
    — Gavin J Blair, HollywoodReporter, 30 Oct. 2025

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