How to Use powerfully in a Sentence

powerfully

adverb
  • And his thoughts are just so powerfully poignant, in some ways the job is very easy.
    — Maria Reva september 3, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Made with two hocks and bacon, the greens and the potlikker are powerfully rich and savory.
    — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 1 Apr. 2026
  • That message speaks powerfully in light of recent events.
    — Barry Gelman, Denver Post, 19 Sep. 2025
  • These few pages, earmarked in my copy, speak powerfully to me a century and more later.
    — Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Yet the vividness of these rare deaths powerfully shapes how people perceive and respond to risk.
    — Alejandro Hortal-Sánchez, The Conversation, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Anyone who has shivered through winter knows how powerfully the body responds to cold.
    — William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
  • The next chart shows just how powerfully setup the growth trade actually is.
    — Todd Gordon, CNBC, 19 May 2026
  • Those lessons shape behavior far more powerfully than any slogan or video ever could.
    — Jon Duffy, Mercury News, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Yet what lingered just as powerfully as strife was tenderness.
    — Rachel Howard, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Feb. 2026
  • And why do their efforts resonate so powerfully today?
    — Stephanie Bai, The Atlantic, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Beauty, in other words, may shape life as powerfully as utility.
    — Quanta Magazine, 21 Aug. 2025
  • The goal is to become powerfully yourself — and then find the contexts where that version of you is exactly what the world needs.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Then there were the heavier Char B1 tanks, which were among the most powerfully armed and armored tanks of their day.
    — Matthew S Williams, Interesting Engineering, 7 May 2026
  • Like many other students at her high school, Aditi is powerfully affected by the book ban.
    — Tahneer Oksman, NPR, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Cyrus opted for the more simple—but still powerfully chic—look 15 from the collection.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Minutes later, Afrifa’s volley was powerfully struck but well saved in stoppage time.
    — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Her message resonated powerfully with those of us who spend a lot of time thinking about the human impact of policy.
    — Torrey Snow, Baltimore Sun, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Though some windows seem small at first, natural light filters in powerfully, and the overall atmosphere feels warm rather than dark.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Nothing better than putting down the top and driving beautiful roads just after the rain stops and the air is powerfully charged by the nearby ocean, scrubbed clean.
    — Mark Ewing, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • In close-up, his unblinking gaze locked in so powerfully that the effect was extraordinary.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2025
  • In close-up, his unblinking gaze locked in so powerfully that the effect was extraordinary.
    — Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Nothing speaks as powerfully of the president’s control of his party as the success of the impeachment purge.
    — Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 27 Jan. 2026
  • And, perhaps more importantly, the awareness of your own emotional baggage, which can get powerfully in the way.
    — Elizabeth MacBride, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • The drug has already taught the field that powerfully suppressing this key cancer driver actually works.
    — Lisa Jarvis, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Her honesty about the emotional toll of illness also landed powerfully.
    — Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 10 Oct. 2025
  • This ethos is most powerfully expressed in the opening credits, a montage of family photos that progress and loop back through time over swelling violins.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Reviewers report a powerfully fruity taste and just enough sweetness to satisfy cravings.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The stark difference between my pre-clinic and post-clinic phone sex work powerfully reinforced the phone counseling idea.
    — Nicki J. Monti, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Their story was both deeply familiar and powerfully unsettling.
    — Sam Wolson, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2025
  • While this cut will impact different products in different ways, it may be more powerfully felt for home equity borrowers.
    — Matt Richardson, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025

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