How to Use high-powered in a Sentence

high-powered

adjective
  • The new films could help support the high-power demands of these platforms.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 24 Nov. 2025
  • However, the hose cannot be set to a high-power setting, which can cause rips and tears in the fabric.
    — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 July 2024
  • Take one high-powered forward who plays for a couple of decades, then add in a solid defenseman.
    — Sean McIndoe, The Athletic, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Spas with high-power massage features can make more noise, though, enough to disturb someone else in your room or home.
    — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
  • This could involve using lasers or high-power microwaves to disrupt the equipment on board.
    — PCMAG, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Because observation tells us that they're rarely used in the world of high-power ebike riders.
    — Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 25 July 2024
  • Transfer the soup to a high-power blender, covering and blending until very smooth.
    — Jenavieve Christensen, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Dec. 2025
  • Avoid using high-power eyepieces at first, as their field of views are tiny and the images are not as sharp as using low powers.
    — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 15 Nov. 2025
  • The speedy, high-power gadget is compact to fit in any bag, and comes with three attachments to cater to all of your fabric needs.
    — Alexandra Domrongchai, Travel + Leisure, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Below are some more of our favorite deals on compact and high-powered portable chargers.
    — Taylor Fox, Travel + Leisure, 25 Nov. 2023
  • Her career path was influenced by her father, who worked in high-power transmission.
    — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2023
  • For smoother hummus, use a high-power blender, blend longer, add more tahini or olive oil, or incorporate ice for airiness.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 June 2026
  • For the first time in history, high-power laser systems have been used to intercept aerial threats in combat.
    — David Szondy, New Atlas, 28 May 2025
  • It is not designed for high-power appliances like hairdryers and straighteners.
    — Becca Blond, Travel + Leisure, 14 May 2023
  • Finding a humidifier that's high-powered, quiet, and easy to clean is a tall order.
    — Health.com, 5 Nov. 2021
  • Design Large, high-power Porro prism model.
    — Matt Morris, Space.com, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Östlund has collected an international cast of high-power actors for the flick.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 22 Dec. 2025
  • That leaves the simplest explanation — a central, compact, high-power source.
    — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • As with Jupiter, locate it using the red dot finder and the low-power eyepiece before swapping to high-power.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 26 Dec. 2025
  • However, white doctors increased their effort for high-power patients by the same amount regardless of race.
    — Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2024
  • Uranus and Neptune, meanwhile—the most remote of the group—will require high-power binoculars or a telescope.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 28 May 2024
  • The project provided deep insight into how high-power battery chemistries behave under grid stressors.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Young buys thousands of pounds of copper wire to wind custom coils in numerous sizes, even coming up with custom high-power models to make slow old games faster.
    — Tim Stevens, Ars Technica, 6 Jan. 2025
  • The startup claims this is the first-ever example of high-power wireless power transfer from any moving platform.
    — Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 14 Dec. 2025
  • Armies around the world are experimenting with high-power laser, microwave, and particle-beam weapons to address these threats.
    — Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 26 Nov. 2025
  • The need to train and run large AI models has transformed high-power servers from niche equipment into standard fixtures.
    — Ni Tao, Interesting Engineering, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Each node, meanwhile, comes with eight internal antennas with high-power amplifiers.
    — John R. Delaney, PC Magazine, 14 Apr. 2026
  • In addition, our handsets aren’t built with large antennas or high-power radios, making the link harder to sustain.
    — Senior Reporter, PC Magazine, 16 Sep. 2025
  • It’s made from high-quality resin material with Duraflon®, a high-power weather sealant.
    — Maya Polton, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Nov. 2022
  • Paul Weiss, as the firm is commonly known in corporate circles, is one of the most prestigious and high-powered law firms in the country.
    — Steve Kopack, NBC news, 5 Feb. 2026

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