Example sentences for: powers

How can you use “powers” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • "There is war powers fatigue," says Brookings Institution scholar Richard Haass.

  • Both IRS leads supply the bill's basic facts: it establishes an outside board designed to trim the agency's powers and shifts the burden of proof in tax cases from the filer to the IRS.

  • This manmade artery linking the Mediterranean with the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, allowed a much quicker journey time from Europe to the Middle East, India, and the Far East when it was opened in 1869, a great aid to the Western European powers in managing their expansive Empires.

  • Bermuda’s Senate has no legislative powers and is rather more of a debating forum; its sessions can be observed on Wednesdays.

  • And after not being told in advance about a missile attack on Iraq in September, Republicans on the Senate Armed Services Committee spoke of reviving the War Powers Act.


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