How to Use staying power in a Sentence

staying power

noun
  • Her staying power as a pop icon is remarkable.
  • But speed is not the same as staying power.
    — Maha Hosain Aziz, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
  • That is where the staying power starts to make sense.
    — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 12 May 2026
  • Oh, how the show has staying power.
    — Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 18 Mar. 2026
  • The truth is, ovens have staying power.
    — David Hochman, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
  • His play might not be flashy, but his skill set should give him staying power.
    — Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 3 May 2021
  • Boat shoes have proven their staying power this fashion week.
    — Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • This one, though, has had staying power throughout the year.
    — Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 11 Dec. 2025
  • The ghost has had more staying power, but the city is trying to get rid of him, too.
    — Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 25 July 2024
  • And one such hit, 101 years ago, proved to have staying power.
    — Gregg Opelka, WSJ, 1 Dec. 2021
  • Blankenship looks to be on the road to having that type of staying power.
    — Jim Ayello, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Nov. 2020
  • Part of its staying power is in its boldness, both in look and action.
    — Todd Leopold and Breeanna Hare, CNN, 30 June 2019
  • But the economies in some of these smaller metro areas have staying power.
    — Justin Baer, WSJ, 9 May 2021
  • And which companies have staying power, when all is said and done?
    — Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 5 Jan. 2026
  • The proof of denim’s staying power is in the sell-through data.
    — Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 9 Sep. 2024
  • If the answer is yes, then chartreuse can have staying power.
    — Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Liverpool didn’t have the staying power to see it out.
    — Gregg Evans, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
  • For Hobbs, its staying power isn't hard to explain.
    — Rachel Silva, Martha Stewart, 19 May 2026
  • My favorite part is the staying power—my look stays in place all day and still looks fresh into the night.
    — Kiana Murden, Vogue, 13 Apr. 2022
  • Those are likely to have staying power and serve as the basis for real change.
    — Cortney Harding, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • But none of them have had the recent staying power of Maryland.
    — Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com, 26 May 2018
  • Few vehicles have the staying power of Thomas the train and his friends.
    — Sabrina Rojas Weiss, PEOPLE.com, 13 Dec. 2021
  • Why does this annual event have staying power?
    — Leah Olajide, Freep.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • But the Enzian isn’t the only venue to catch a movie with some staying power.
    — Trevor Fraser, OrlandoSentinel.com, 19 June 2018
  • But the scariest part about the Empire might be their staying power.
    — Sean Collins, Dallas News, 30 Aug. 2020
  • But the idea — Kansas comes up short in March — had staying power.
    — George Schroeder, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2018
  • But some are more memorable than others, and some have a staying power that can last decades or more.
    — Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 16 June 2026
  • Only time can tell how long the staying power of the toxic changes wrought by Palin will be.
    — Julian Zelizer, CNN, 25 Nov. 2022
  • McKinstry could have more staying power than any of the catchers.
    — Phil Rogers, Forbes, 31 July 2022
  • Vapor Wake dogs also may be in the field a long time and their skills need to have staying power.
    — Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, 27 May 2018

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