Example Sentences

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This perspective has empowered me to lead with clarity and compassion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

Understanding her nervous system and the importance of the vagus nerve has empowered her, she says.

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2025

Its officers carry guns and make arrests just like other police—with the difference being that Congress has empowered the agency to bring in additional forces from among the department’s 90,000 other law-enforcement officers.

From Slate • Dec. 6, 2024

The internet has empowered shady actors like Nick Adams to employ those same tactics on a much larger scale.

From Salon • Apr. 12, 2024

His education has empowered him, and he has strong opinions about racial freedom and equality that land him and the black community in trouble.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson