How to Use higher power in a Sentence

higher power

noun
  • Your higher power can be an elephant or a cobweb in a corner.
    — Calvin Tomkins, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
  • And then there is the matter of any higher power that might have an opinion on the matter.
    — Ron Lieber, BostonGlobe.com, 30 June 2023
  • These songs feel like sweet relief, a reminder that music is a higher power too.
    — Pitchfork, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Both require sacrifice and a faith, in one sense, in a higher power.
    — Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Feb. 2025
  • Some people swear there’s only one way to get sober — one program, one path, one higher power.
    — David Manheim, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2026
  • As with his classical namesake, a higher power has hindered him on his way to war.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2023
  • The former answers to a higher power.
    — Chicago Tribune, Twin Cities, 17 Apr. 2026
  • The former answers to a higher power.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
  • The first offer came not from a Power 4, but a higher power.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 25 June 2026
  • Belief for atheists goes deeper than the question of whether there is a higher power.
    — Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 10 Mar. 2024
  • Billy Ray's new music is about looking to a higher power in moments of need.
    — Marina Watts, People.com, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Levi Dittman’s mom, Gretchen Dittmann, is convinced that there was a higher power at play.
    — Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 21 Feb. 2025
  • Purdy looked to a higher power as the Bears inched closer to the winning touchdown.
    — Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 29 Dec. 2025
  • For now, some pharmacists are turning to a higher power for protection.
    — Flávia Milhorance, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025
  • There is something bigger than us and sometimes,what that higher power can be is the way that we’re united as human beings.
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Many are drawn to the spiritual connection to a higher power.
    — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Moss felt viscerally the absence of any higher power on the prison compound that morning.
    — Emma Goldberg Desiree Rios, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2024
  • The best way to describe this set was the feeling of being in church with an inspiring sermon that connects you to a higher power.
    — Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Meanwhile, Pence is seeking the assistance of a higher power.
    — Steve Peoples, Anchorage Daily News, 22 July 2023
  • Asked what’s next on the agenda, the rapper-designer-actor deferred his answer to a higher power.
    — Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Seeing this number often could be a sign to trust the universe, or the higher power of your choosing, and surrender to your destiny.
    — Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 31 July 2023
  • After tumbling from a 50-foot height, Dan Aykroyd walked away convinced that a higher power had caught him.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Not even Loyola, which seemingly had a higher power on its side with Sister Jean.
    — Paul Newberry, ajc, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Her salvation, her higher power, was art, music, books, movies, theater — her source of comfort that had showed her the way as a young girl, until the end.
    — Anne Lamott, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2024
  • The show has constantly been playing with whether or not there is something mystical or magical in the wilderness, and asks about a higher power.
    — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 May 2023
  • Vinyl can withstand higher power at 2,000 PSI.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 22 May 2026
  • Those with a connection to a higher power had more success recovering from addiction, too.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Since the beginning of my very naïve introduction to the music business, music has been my lover, my best friend, my partner, and my higher power.
    — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Fox Nation is placing a small bet that a higher power can give it a new edge in TV’s never-ending streaming wars.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 30 Sep. 2024
  • Indeed, like many Trump supporters, Roosevelt voters believed their hero had been spared by a higher power.
    — Barbara A. Perry, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025

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